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First Principles: It Is the Manners and Spirit of A People Which Preserve A Republic In Vigor
“It is the manners and spirit of a people which preserve a republic in vigor. A degeneracy in these is a canker which soon eats to the heart of its laws and constitution.” – Thomas Jefferson (1781)
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First Principles: It Is the Manners and Spirit of A People Which Preserve A Republic In Vigor
“It is the manners and spirit of a people which preserve a republic in vigor. A degeneracy in these is a canker which soon eats to the heart of its laws and constitution.” – Thomas Jefferson (1781)
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Tagged Canker, Constitution, Degeneracy, First Principles, Heart, Laws, manners, People, Preserve, Republic, Spirit, Thomas Jefferson, Vigor
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First Principles: Men, To Act With Vigor and Effect, Must Have Time To Mature Measures…As To the Best Method of Applying Them
“Men, to act with vigor and effect, must have time to mature measures, and judgment and experience, as to the best method of applying them. They must not be hurried on to their conclusions by the passions, or the fears … Continue reading
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Tagged Apply, Best Method, Conclusions, Deliberate, Effect, Experience, Fears, First Principles, Joseph Story, Judgment, Mankind, Mature Measures, Multitude, Passions, Resolve, Time, Vigor
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First Principles: We Have Therefore To Resolve To Conquer Or Die
“We have therefore to resolve to conquer or die: Our own Country’s Honor, all call upon us for vigorous and manly exertion, and if we now shamefully fail, we shall become infamous to the whole world.” – George Washington
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Thought For the Day: To Be A Good Writer Be Direct, Clear and Simple First
“Anyone who wishes to become a good writer should endeavour, before he allows himself to be tempted by the more showy qualities, to be direct, simple, brief, vigorous, and lucid.” – H.W. Fowler, lexicographer (10 Mar 1858-1933)
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First Principles: The Best Legislation Comes From Methodical Deliberation and Resolve
“Men, to act with vigor and effect, must have time to mature measures, and judgment and experience, as to the best method of applying them. They must not be hurried on to their conclusions by the passions, or the fears … Continue reading
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First Principles: A Degeneracy Of Manners and Spirit Will Be the Ruin of Our Republic
“It is the manners and spirit of a people which preserve a republic in vigor. A degeneracy in these is a canker which soon eats to the heart of its laws and constitution.” – Thomas Jefferson (1781)
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First Principles: The Spirit of the People Preserves Our Republic’s Vigor
“The mobs of the great cities add just so much to the support of pure government as sores do to the strength of the human body. It is the manners and spirit of a people which preserve a republic in … Continue reading
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