Tag Archives: United States

First Principles: The Federal Government Is Limited In Its Powers

Posted on August 3, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

“All questions of power, arising under the constitution of the United States, whether they relate to the federal or a state government, must be considered of great importance. The federal government being formed for certain purposes, is limited in its … Continue reading →

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Happy Independence Day, America!

Posted on July 4, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

Wherever life may find you, be blessed and happy, my fellow Americans and those who love America around the world! Today marks the first Brexit in favor of freedom and liberty!! Celebrate this day in memory of the fine Americans … Continue reading →

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First Principles: The United States Is A Republic of Law Not Persons

Posted on June 21, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

“They define a republic to be a government of laws, and not of men.” – John Adams (1775)

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First Principles: The Respect Due the United States Is Lost If It’s Reputation Is of Weakness

Posted on June 14, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

“There is a rank due to the United States, among nations, which will be withheld, if not absolutely lost, by the reputation of weakness.” – George Washington

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Thought For the Day: Freedom Is Never More Than One Generation Away From Extinction

Posted on May 26, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

“Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn’t pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same, or one day we will spend our sunset … Continue reading →

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First Principles: The States Retain All Rights Not Exclusively Delegated to the United States

Posted on May 24, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

“But as the plan of the convention aims only at a partial union or consolidation, the State governments would clearly retain all the rights of sovereignty which they before had, and which were not, by that act, EXCLUSIVELY delegated to … Continue reading →

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First Principles: The Constitution Forbids the Federal Government From Meddling In the Free Exercise of Faith

Posted on April 21, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

“I consider the government of the United States as interdicted by the Constitution from intermeddling with religious institutions, their doctrines, discipline, or exercises. This results not only from the provision that no law shall be made respecting the establishment or … Continue reading →

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First Principles: The Road That Providence Has Set For the United States Should Never Be Abandoned

Posted on April 6, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

“No country upon earth ever had it more in its power to attain these blessings than United America. Wondrously strange, then, and much to be regretted indeed would it be, were we to neglect the means and to depart from … Continue reading →

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Coda: A Eulogy For A King

Posted on April 5, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

Martin Luther King, Jr., was assassinated on April 4, 1968. In his honor and to memorialize in some small way his life and legacy: Coda: A Eulogy For A King by Michael Romani Born into a world of brutality In … Continue reading →

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First Principles: All Slavery Should Be Held In Abhorrence

Posted on April 4, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

“Every measure of prudence, therefore, ought to be assumed for the eventual total extirpation of slavery from the United States. … I have, throughout my whole life, held the practice of slavery in … abhorrence.” – John Adams (1819) The … Continue reading →

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