A frequent recurrence to fundamental principles, and a firm adherence to justice, virtue, and original law, are indispensably necessary to preserve the blessings of liberty and good government.

Explanation

(English-origin maxim.) The People must regularly return to first principles of justice and original law to preserve liberty — cite this constitutional maxim (found in many state constitutions) to justify challenging government drift from foundational limits.

Where this applies

• A citizens' group petitions the state legislature to review all executive orders issued in the past decade against the original constitutional text, arguing that government has drifted far from its foundational limits and must recur to first principles.
• A homeschool co-op begins each semester by reading the state constitution's bill of rights aloud with their students, reinforcing that liberty depends on a frequent return to the fundamental principles the founders established.
• A county commissioner proposes an annual constitutional audit of all county ordinances, citing the state constitution's requirement that the people must regularly return to original law to preserve the blessings of good government.