Of The Rent of Land
An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations
by Adam Smith, 1776
2013 Internet Edition (with explanatory notes) by Steve Farrell
BOOK I....
Of Wages and Profit, in the Different Employments of Labour and Stock
An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations
by Adam Smith, 1776
2013 Internet Edition (with explanatory notes) by Steve Farrell
BOOK I....
The Mischief of Arbitrary Taxation—Jonathan Shipley
LIBERTY LETTERS QUOTE OF THE DAY, DR. JONATHAN SHIPLEY
Arbitrary taxation is plunder authorized by law: it is the support and the essence of tyranny,...
Individual Effort, Not Government, Produces Prosperity
Free Enterprise Zone Quote of the Day, Adam Smith
The natural effort of every individual to better his own condition, when suffered to exert itself...
Patrick Henry on Right and Wrong
Liberty Letters Quote of the Day, Patrick Henry
The eternal difference between right and wrong does not fluctuate. It is immutable.
Source: Patrick Henry. Virginia Ratifying...
If Men Were Angels: James Madison
Liberty Letters Quote of the Day, James Madison
If men were angels, no government would be necessary. If angels were to govern men, neither external...
On the Dangers of Deficits and Perpetual Revenue
Mr. Mason [of Virginia], suggested the necessity of preventing the danger of perpetual revenue which must of necessity subvert the liberty of any Country.
As to Standing Armies In Time of Peace
He thought an army dangerous in time of peace and could never consent to a power to keep up an indefinite number. Eldridge Gerry
Democracy: A More Pure and Unmixed Tyranny
After the destruction of the King in Great Britain, a more pure and unmixed tyranny sprang up in the parliament than had been exercised by the monarch. J Wilson
Gouverneur Morris: On Office Hunting
He had scarcely seen a single corrupt measure in the Legislature of North Carolina, which could not be traced up to office hunting. Madison quoting G. Morris
Men of Intemperate Minds Cannot Be Free
Men are qualified for civil liberty in exact proportion to their disposition to put moral chains upon their own appetites ... - Edmund Burke
A Heart That Burns for Its Country’s Welfare: John Adams
These are not the vapors of a melancholy mind, nor the effusions of envy, disappointed ambition, nor of a spirit of opposition to government ... -John Adams
A Heart That Burns for Its Country's Welfare: John Adams
These are not the vapors of a melancholy mind, nor the effusions of envy, disappointed ambition, nor of a spirit of opposition to government ... -John Adams
Webster: I See It As Plainly As I See the Sun In Heaven
Secession! Peaceable secession Sir, your eyes and mine are never destined to see that miracle. The dismemberment of this vast country without convulsion!
Preamble to the United States Constitution
WE, the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, ensure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense ...
Loyalty to Permanence Not Passion — Justice Joseph Story
The people commonly intend the public good. But no one, but a deceiver, will pretend, that they do not often err, as to the best means of promoting it -J. Story
What Kind of Compatibility Can There Be Between Us?
This episode reveals the gulf between us and the Islamic world. - Pat Buchanan on the Islamic response to a threatened Quran burning.
That Shining City Upon a Hill — Ronald Reagan
May all of you as Americans never forget your heroic origins, never fail to seek divine guidance, and never lose your natural, God-given optimism -Ronald Reagan
Loss of Liberty: Exploiting Dangers, Real or Pretended
Perhaps it is a universal truth that the loss of liberty at home is to be charged to provisions against danger, real or pretended from abroad - James Madison
The First Allegiance of Elected Officials Is to The Constitution
If government were a matter of will upon any side, yours, without question, ought to be superior. But government and legislation are matters of reason and judgment