An Awful Trust … and Final Accounting – Edmund Burke
THEY WERE BELIEVERS, EDMUND BURKE
All persons possessing any portion of power ought to be strongly and awfully impressed with an idea that they act...
George Washington: My Fervent Supplications to That Almighty Being
LIBERTY LETTERS WITH STEVE FARRELL
It was April 30, 1789. President George Washington, the Father of Our Country, the man who led our armies to...
John Adams: Why We Must Insure Free, Fair, Virtuous, and Independent Elections
LIBERTY LETTERS WITH STEVE FARRELL
In the midst of these pleasing ideas we should be unfaithful to ourselves if we should ever lose sight of...
Jefferson: Silence False Information by Reason Not by Force
LIBERTY LETTERS WITH STEVE FARRELL
I am ... for freedom of the press, and against all violations of the Constitution to silence by force and...
Common Sense, by Thomas Paine
FOUNDERS CORNER LIBRARY, 1776
INTRODUCTION
Perhaps the sentiments contained in the following pages, are not YET sufficiently fashionable to procure them general favour; a long habit...
Concluding Remarks, Joseph Story’s Commentaries on the Constitution
Founders Corner Library
Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States, by Joseph Story, 1833
Volume 3, Chapter 45,  CONCLUDING REMARKS
Sec. 1903. We have now reviewed all...
Amendments to the Constitution – Joseph Story
Founders Corner Library
Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States, by Joseph Story, 1833
Volume 3, Chapter 44, AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSTITUTION
Sec. 1851. We have...
Oaths of Office—Religious Test—Ratification of Constitution—Joseph Story
Founders Corner Library
Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States, by Joseph Story, 1833
Volume 3, Chapter 43, OATHS OF OFFICE – RELIGIOUS TEST –...
Public Debts: Supremacy of Constitution and Laws—Joseph Story
Founders Corner Library
Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States, by Joseph Story, 1833
Volume 3, Chapter 42, PUBLIC DEBTS: SUPREMACY OF CONSTITUTION AND LAWS
Sec....
Guaranty of Republican Government – Mode of Making Amendments — Joseph Story
Founders Corner Library
Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States, by Joseph Story, 1833
Volume 3, Chapter 41, GUARANTY OF REPUBLICAN GOVERNMENT - MODE OF...
Privileges of Citizens – Fugitives – Slaves — by Joseph Story
Founders Corner Library
Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States, by Joseph Story, 1833
Volume 3, Chapter 40, PRIVILEGES OF CITIZENS - FUGITIVES - SLAVES
Sec....
Definition and Evidence of Treason — Joseph Story
Founders Corner Library
Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States, by Joseph Story, 1833
Volume 3, Chapter 39, DEFINITION AND EVIDENCE OF TREASON
Sec. 1790. THE...
Judiciary: Organization and Powers — Joseph Story
Founders Corner Library
Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States, by Joseph Story, 1833
Volume 3, Chapter 38, JUDICIARY - ORGANIZATION AND POWERS
Sec. 1567. THE...
Webster’s American Education—§ 2—Attention to the Dead Languages
American Thought
Noah Webster, shortly after the end of the Revolutionary War, publishes an essay in his American Magazine outlining his reasons and methods for revising...
Webster’s American Education—§ 1—General Remarks
American Thought
Noah Webster, shortly after the end of the Revolutionary War, publishes an essay in his American Magazine outlining his reasons and methods for...
The Constitution—Fabius Letter 9
Observations on the Proposed Constitution.
John Dickinson, in a series of letters published in the Delaware Gazette under the signature of Fabius, offers support for the new constitution...
The Constitution—Fabius Letter 8
Observations on the Proposed Constitution.
John Dickinson, in a series of letters published in the Delaware Gazette under the signature of Fabius, offers support for the new constitution...
The Constitution—Fabius Letter 7
Observations on the Proposed Constitution.
John Dickinson, in a series of letters published in the Delaware Gazette under the signature of Fabius, offers support for the new constitution...
The Constitution—Fabius Letter 6
Observations on the Proposed Constitution.
John Dickinson, in a series of letters published in the Delaware Gazette under the signature of Fabius, offers support for the new constitution...
Colonization of New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Connecticut
HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES, BY GEORGE BANCROFT
Volume I, Chapter 16: Colonization of New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Connecticut
RHODE ISLAND was the offspring of...