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America’s Republic: How the Great Experiment Came About (and How We Keep It)
A brief history of America, its founding documents, and what we can do to keep the flame of liberty burning bright.
BY LAWRENCE W. REED
I...
Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death!
FOUNDERS CORNER: SPEECHES, PATRICK HENRY
St. John's Church in Richmond, Virginia, March 23, 1775
No man thinks more highly than I do of the patriotism,...
Undermining The Foundations of Individual Liberty
Individual Liberty in the Crucible of History, Part 2
BY CLARENCE CARSON
Source: The Freeman: Ideas on Liberty, 01 June 1962
The ideas which would, in time,...
Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death!
FOUNDERS CORNER: SPEECHES, PATRICK HENRY
St. John's Church in Richmond, Virginia, March 23, 1775
No man thinks more highly than I do of the patriotism,...
Of Virtue and Morality, by Clarence Carson
THE AMERICAN TRADITION: CLARENCE CARSON
Source: The Freeman: Ideas on Liberty, Date 01 March 1964
Writers in the twentieth century have often entertained themselves (and presumably their...
Origin and Title to the Territories of the Colonies
Commentaries On The Constitution of the United States, by Joseph Story, LL.D.
Book I, Chapter 1
§ 1. THE discovery of the Continent of America...
Is the majority ALWAYS right?
Thomas Jefferson Leadership
... where two measures are equally right, it is a duty to the people to adopt that one which is most agreeable...
Joseph Story, the Natural Law, and Modern Jurisprudence
DIARMUID F. O'SCANNLAIN, HERITAGE FOUNDATION
Abstract
As a natural law thinker, Supreme Court Justice Joseph Story believed that human nature is inherent and unchangeable. Story wrote...
The Direct Definition of a Slave – Samuel Adams
FOUNDERS CORNER: SPEECHES, PAMPHLETS, LETTERS, QUOTES
Sam Adams, July 16, 1788
For your use I subjoin the following creed of every good American :—I believe that...
Thomas Paine on Just War
LIBERTY LETTERS WITH STEVE FARRELL
In his 1776 bestseller “Common Sense," Thomas Paine cautions his fellow Americans that “a long habit of not thinking a...
Samuel Adams: “Matters of this kind…are Serious Things”
They Were Believers, Samuel Adams, 1778
In this letter to the Earl of Carlisle and Others, Samuel Adams responds as to the justness of their...
Samuel Adams: "Matters of this kind…are Serious Things"
They Were Believers, Samuel Adams, 1778
In this letter to the Earl of Carlisle and Others, Samuel Adams responds as to the justness of their...
James Wilson—Of The Natural Rights Of Individuals
Foundations of the United States Constitution
James Wilson—signator of the Declaration of Independence, member of the Continental Congress, drafter of the U.S. Constitution, and an...
Cooper—On the Moral Responsibility of the Press
American Thought
James Fenimore Cooper returns from Europe to publish an open letter to his fellow Americans.
THERE is one thing in Cooper I like, too,...
Abraham Lincoln or the Progressives: Who was the real father of big government?
ALLEN C. GUELZO, FIRST PRINCIPLES
Abstract: Early Progressives co-opted Abraham Lincoln’s legacy to justify their program of expansive government powers over American life. In so...
Madison: Vices of the Political System of the United States
Liberty Letters, James Madison
VICES OF THE POLITICAL SYSTEM OF THE UNITED STATES, 16 APRIL 1787
James Madison to George Washington (also, a copy taken by...
Sam Adams: How to Deserve and Enjoy Liberty
Liberty Letters, Samuel Adams
The sum of all is, if we would most truly enjoy the gift of Heaven, let us become a virtuous people;...
Jefferson & Washington on the Morality of the National Debt
Liberty Letters with Steve Farrell
American Founder Thomas Jefferson, discussing the so-called morality of a national debt — what some dare to describe in our...
Jefferson & Washington on the Morality of the National Debt
Liberty Letters with Steve Farrell
American Founder Thomas Jefferson, discussing the so-called morality of a national debt — what some dare to describe in our...
Madison: Checking rulers, passion, human error, and leveling
Liberty Letters, James Madison, 26 June 1787
In order to judge of the form to be given to this institution, it will be proper to...