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Federalist Papers No. 43, James Madison
FOUNDERS CORNER MAJOR WORKS
Wednesday, January 23, 1788
Miscellaneous Powers Conferred by the Constitution Considered
THE fourth class comprises the following miscellaneous powers:
A power "to promote the...
Fisher Ames: Dangers of American Liberty—Part I
American Debate
Federalist Fisher Ames sends a draft treatise to a friend for review, in which he addresses the dangers he sees to the liberty...
Federalist Papers No. 38, James Madison
FOUNDERS CORNER, MAJOR WORKS
Saturday, January 12, 1788
Concerning the Difficulties of the Convention in Devising a Proper Form of Government and the Incoherence of the...
The Pilgrims – by George Bancroft
AMERICANIST HISTORY
History of the United States, Vol. I, Ch. 12, by George Bancroft
The Pilgrims
Our narrative leads us to the manor-house of Scrooby, in Nottinghamshire,...
A Republic’s Great Error: Continuing Any Feature That Increases the Love of Power
AMERICAN MINUTE WITH BILL FEDERER
"Tippecanoe and Tyler too" was the campaign slogan of 9th President William Henry Harrison, born FEBRUARY 9, 1773.
Harrison was an...
A Republic's Great Error: Continuing Any Feature That Increases the Love of Power
AMERICAN MINUTE WITH BILL FEDERER
"Tippecanoe and Tyler too" was the campaign slogan of 9th President William Henry Harrison, born FEBRUARY 9, 1773.
Harrison was an...
Thomas Paine: The Almighty's Protest Against Monarchy
They Were Believers, Thomas Paine, 1776
Mankind being originally equals in the order of creation, the equality could only be destroyed by some subsequent circumstance;...
Thomas Paine: The Almighty’s Protest Against Monarchy
They Were Believers, Thomas Paine, 1776
Mankind being originally equals in the order of creation, the equality could only be destroyed by some subsequent circumstance;...
Foreboding Warnings from Forgotten Inaugurals
AMERICAN MINUTE WITH BILL FEDERER
The 20th Amendment changed the date of Presidential Inaugurations to JANUARY 20th. Prior to 1933, March 4th was Inauguration Day.
FOREBODING...
Founders on the Need for a Vigorous but Limited Executive
Liberty Letters, Constitutional Convention of 1787
On June 1, 1787 in the early days of the Constitutional Convention the Founders entered upon a discussion of...
The Supreme Power in the State: Aristotle’s Politics, Bk 3, Prt 18
The Moral Liberal, Classics Library
Aristotle: “Politics”, Book Three, Part 18, 350 B.C.E.
We maintain that the true forms of government are three, and that the...
Rome: Adams ‘Defense’ No. 52
Liberty Letters, John Adams, 1786
A Defense of the Constitutions of the United States, Letter 52
Ancient Aristocratical Republics: Rome. Plebians scrambling after Patricians; or Democracy...
The Supreme Power in the State: Aristotle’s Politics, Bk 3, Prt 14
The Moral Liberal, Classics Library
Aristotle: “Politics”, Book Three, Part 14, 350 B.C.E.
The preceding discussion, by a natural transition, leads to the consideration of royalty,...
Tacitus on Ancient Germans: John Adams' "Defense" No. 37
Liberty Letters, John Adams, 1786
A Defense of the Constitutions of the United States, Letter 37
Ancient Monarchical Republics: TACITUS ON THE ANCIENT GERMANS
Dear Sir,
BEFORE...
Tacitus on Ancient Germans: John Adams’ “Defense” No. 37
Liberty Letters, John Adams, 1786
A Defense of the Constitutions of the United States, Letter 37
Ancient Monarchical Republics: TACITUS ON THE ANCIENT GERMANS
Dear Sir,
BEFORE...
A Defense of the Constitutions of the United States, Letter 30
Liberty Letters, John Adams, 1786
Ancient Republics and Opinions of Philosophers: POLYBIUS
My dear Sir,
MY design is more extensive than barely to shew the imperfection...
John Adams: A Defense of the Constitutions of the United States, Letter 3
Liberty Letters, John Adams, 1786
Democratical Republics
My dear Sir,
"A SOCIETY of gods would govern themselves democratically," says the eloquent philosopher of Geneva; who however would...