Tag Archives: William Penn

First Principles: I Shall Not Pass This Way Again

Posted on November 20, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“I expect to pass through life but once. If therefore, there be any kindness I can show, or any good thing I can do to any fellow being, let me do it now, and not defer or neglect it, as … Continue reading →

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First Principles: If…There Be Any Kindness I Can Show, Or Any Good Thing I Can Do To Any Fellow Being, Let Me Do It Now…I Shall Not Pass This Way Again

Posted on October 13, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

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First Principles: Any Government is Free To the People Under It Where the Laws Rule and the People Are A Party To the Laws

Posted on September 18, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“Any government is free to the people under it where the laws rule and the people are a party to the laws.” – William Penn

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First Principles: A Good End Cannot Sanctify Evil Means; Nor Must We Ever Do Evil, that Good May Come Of It

Posted on May 28, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“A good End cannot sanctify evil Means; nor must we ever do Evil, that Good may come of it.” – William Penn

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First Principles: True Religion Does Not Draw Men Out of the World But Enables Them To Live Better In It and Excites Their Endeavors To Mend It

Posted on January 8, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“True religion does not draw men out of the world but enables them to live better in it and excites their endeavors to mend it.” – William Penn

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First Principles: Mankind Must Be Governed By God Or They Will Be Ruled By Tyrants

Posted on February 2, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“Men must be governed by God or they will be ruled by tyrants.” – William Penn

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First Principles: Free Government Consists of the Rule of Law and the People Are Party To the Law

Posted on June 26, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“Any government is free to the people under it where the laws rule and the people are a party to the laws.” – William Penn, Frame of Government (1682)

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Time Spent With the Harvard Classics: Fruits of Solitude – William Penn

Posted on September 1, 2017 by alohapromisesforever

“They that love beyond the world cannot be separated by it. Death cannot kill what never dies. Nor can spirits ever be divided, that love and live in the same divine principle, the root and record of their friendship. If … Continue reading →

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