Comments on: First Principles – Open Thread http://www.conservativedailynews.com/2010/08/first-principles-open-thread/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=first-principles-open-thread The best news, analysis and opinion articles written by a collection of citizen journalists. Covering a range of important topics in blogs, op-ed, and news posts, these upstanding patriots are bringing back American exceptionalism with every entry.. Mon, 21 May 2012 04:51:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Rich Mitchell http://www.conservativedailynews.com/2010/08/first-principles-open-thread/#comment-5928 Rich Mitchell Tue, 10 Aug 2010 01:49:08 +0000 http://conservativedailynews.com/?p=3039#comment-5928 To start the conversation I'll ask, is limited government a conservative first principle or is limited government implementation of a different first principle? Perhaps the equality of citizens and sovereigns, or natural rights and that a government has power over those rights which man chooses to relinquish to it. I suppose then again, separating the principle from it's implementation may raise quite a debate. I certainly hope so. To start the conversation I’ll ask, is limited government a conservative first principle or is limited government implementation of a different first principle? Perhaps the equality of citizens and sovereigns, or natural rights and that a government has power over those rights which man chooses to relinquish to it.

I suppose then again, separating the principle from it’s implementation may raise quite a debate. I certainly hope so.

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