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JONATHAN DOLHENTY, PH.D. I remember some years ago when a certain group of political activists used to go around promoting the idea that "America is...

FOUNDERS CORNER LIBRARY: MAJOR WORKS Wednesday, February 13, 1788  As to the total members of the House of Representatives. Is the initial small number of Representatives...

CLARENCE B. CARSON, IDEAS ON LIBERTY Individual Liberty in the Crucible of History, Part V Americans came upon the road to collectivism by diverse ways and...

STUART M. BUTLER, PH.D., HERITAGE FOUNDATION Abstract: America is never going to fix its structural fiscal problems until we recognize that we face a political...

The Moral Liberal, Classics Library Aristotle: “Politics”, Book Three, Part 10, 350 B.C.E. In all sciences and arts the end is a good, and the greatest...

The Republic, By Plato, Written 360 B.C.E., Translated by Benjamin Jowett. Copyright: Public Domain. BOOK 2 Socrates - GLAUCON With these words I was thinking that I had...

The Republic, By Plato, Written 360 B.C.E., Translated by Benjamin Jowett. Copyright: Public Domain. BOOK 1 Socrates - GLAUCON I went down yesterday to the Piraeus with Glaucon...

Liberty Letters, John Adams, 1786 A Defense of the Constitutions of the United States, Letter 42 Ancient Democratical Republics: ANTALCIDAS Dear Sir, IN the year 1774, a...

Liberty Letters, John Adams, 1786 A Defense of the Constitutions of the United States, Letter 42 Ancient Democratical Republics: ANTALCIDAS Dear Sir, IN the year 1774, a...

AMERICANIST HISTORY Democracy In America, Alexis de Tocqueville Volume 1, Chapter 1, Published 1831 North America is divided into two vast regions, one inclining towards the Pole,...

Daily Dabble in the Classics, Aristotle The conclusion is evident: that governments which have a regard to the common interest are constituted in accordance with...

Liberty Letters, John Adams, 1786 A Defense of the Constitutions of the United States, Letter 36 Ancient Aristocratical Republics: ROME My dear Sir, DIONYSIUS Halicarnassensis has not...

Liberty Letters, John Adams, 1786 A Defense of the Constitutions of the United States, Letter 36 Ancient Aristocratical Republics: ROME My dear Sir, DIONYSIUS Halicarnassensis has not...

Liberty Letters, John Adams, 1786 A Defense of the Constitutions of the United States, Letter 34 Ancient Republics and Opinions of Philosophers: SIR THOMAS SMITH My...

Liberty Letters, John Adams, 1786 A Defense of the Constitutions of the United States, Letter 34 Ancient Republics and Opinions of Philosophers: SIR THOMAS SMITH My...

The Moral Liberal, Classics Library Aristotle: "Politics", Book Three, Part 1, 350 B.C.E. HE who would inquire into the essence and attributes of various kinds of...

The Moral Liberal, Classics Library Aristotle: "Politics", Book Two, 350 B.C.E. Part I OUR PURPOSE is to consider what form of political community is best of...

Liberty Letters, John Adams, 1786 A Defense of the Constitutions of the United States, Letter 33 Ancient Republics and Opinions of Philosophers: PLATO My dear Sir, PLATO...

Liberty Letters, John Adams, 1786 A Defense of the Constitutions of the United States, Letter 33 Ancient Republics and Opinions of Philosophers: PLATO My dear Sir, PLATO...

Liberty Letters, John Adams, 1786 A Defense of the Constitutions of the United States, Letter 32 Ancient Republics and Opinions of Philosophers: DIONYSIUS, VALERIUS Dear Sir, DIONYSIUS...

Liberty Letters, John Adams, 1786 A Defense of the Constitutions of the United States, Letter 32 Ancient Republics and Opinions of Philosophers: DIONYSIUS, VALERIUS Dear Sir, DIONYSIUS...

Liberty Letters, John Adams, 1786 Ancient Republics and Opinions of Philosophers: POLYBIUS Part 2 My dear Sir, THE generation and corruption of governments, which may in...

Liberty Letters Quote of the Day, Samuel Adams The charter of this province recognizes the natural Right of all men to dispose of their property:...

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...

Liberty Letters, John Adams, 1786 Ancient Republics and Opinions of Philosophers: HARRINGTON My dear Sir, IN searching for the principles of government, we may divide them...

Liberty Letters, John Adams, 1786 Ancient Aristocratical Republics: CROTONA AND PYTHAGORUS My dear Sir, PYTHAGORAS, as well as Socrates, Plato, and Xenophon, were persuaded that the...

Liberty Letters, John Adams, 1786 Mixed Governments: MONTESQUIEU, SPIRIT OF LAWS, B. II. C. VI. OF THE CONSTITUTION OF ENGLAND. My dear Sir, IN every...

Liberty Letters, John Adams, 1786 Mixed Governments: MACHIAVELLI'S DISCOURSES UPON THE FIRST DECADE OF LIVY. BOOK I. CHAP. 2 My dear Sir, THE whole chapter is...

Liberty Letters, John Adams, 1786 Ancient Republics, and Opinions of Philosophers:  DR RICHARD PRICE Dear Sir, TO demonstrate the necessity of two assemblies in the legislature, as...

Liberty Letters, John Adams, 1786 Ancient Republics, and Opinions of Philosophers:  BENJAMIN FRANKLIN My dear Sir, AS it is impossible to suppose that Mr. Turgot intended to...