Tag Archives: Virtue

First Principles: Dependence Begets Subservience and Venality

Posted on December 27, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“Dependence begets subservience and venality, suffocates the germ of virtue, and prepares fit tools for the designs of ambition.” – Thomas Jefferson (1781)

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First Principles: There Is An Indissoluble Union Between Virtue and Happiness

Posted on December 24, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“There exists in the economy and course of nature, an indissoluble union between virtue and happiness; between duty and advantage; between the genuine maxims of an honest and magnanimous policy, and the solid rewards of public prosperity and felicity.” – … Continue reading →

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Thought For Today: There Can Be No Public Or Private Virtue Unless the Foundation of Action Is the Practice of Truth

Posted on December 12, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“There can be no public or private virtue unless the foundation of action is the practice of truth.” – George Jacob Holyoake (1817-1906) I disagree with most of what this man stood for without some compromise of his root beliefs … Continue reading →

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First Principles: Practice Virtue In Yourself and Encourage It In Others

Posted on December 11, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“Righteousness alone can exalt [America] as a nation. Reader! Whoever thou art, remember this; and in thy sphere practice virtue thyself, and encourage it in others… [T]he great pillars of all government and of social life: I mean virtue, morality, … Continue reading →

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First Principles: Republics Are Created By the Virtue, Public Spirit and Intelligence of the Citizens

Posted on November 25, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“Republics are created by the virtue, public spirit, and intelligence of the citizens. They fall, when the wise are banished from the public councils, because they dare to be honest, and the profligate are rewarded, because they flatter the people, … Continue reading →

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First Principles: When Planning For Posterity, Remember That Virtue Is Not Hereditary

Posted on November 9, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“When we are planning for posterity, we ought to remember that virtue is not hereditary.” – Thomas Paine (1776)

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Thought For the Day: Genuine Morality Is Preserved Only In the School of Adversity

Posted on October 5, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“It may here be justly said, that genuine morality is preserved only in the school of adversity, and a state of continuous prosperity may easily prove a quicksand to virtue.” – Friedrich Schiller

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On Classical Liberalism

Posted on September 15, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

Classical liberalism without its foundation resting on God’s law is devoid of form, function and suitability in the governance of mankind. On Classical Liberalism by Michael Romani Looking back over the course of history It seems to be no great … Continue reading →

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First Principles: Virtue Is Not Hereditary

Posted on September 12, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“When we are planning for posterity, we ought to remember that virtue is not hereditary.” – Thomas Paine (1776)

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First Principles A Bible, Newspaper and Good Schooling Are the Principal Supports of Virtue, Morality and Civil Liberty

Posted on September 7, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“A Bible and a newspaper in every house, a good school in every district–all studied and appreciated as they merit–are the principal support of virtue, morality, and civil liberty“ – Benjamin Franklin

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