Comments on: Freedom to Withdraw Your Consent

By: Guest

Guest — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 05:26:32 +0000

The declaration of independence is not the constitution, Jeff.

By: Jeff Martin

Jeff Martin — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 20:21:04 +0000

"About the Declaration is a finality that is exceedingly restful. It is often asserted that the world has made a great deal of progress since 1776, that we have had new thoughts and new experiences which have given us a great advance over the people of that day, and that we may therefore very well discard their conclusions for something more modern. But that reasoning cannot be applied to this great charter. If all men are created equal, that is final.If they are endowed with inalienable rights, that is final. If governmentsderive their just power from the consent of the governed, that is final. No advance, no progress can be made beyond these propositions. If anyone wishes to deny their truth or their soundness, the only direction in which he can proceed historically is not forward, but backward toward the time when their was no equality, no rights of the individual, no rule of the people. those who wish to proceed in that direction can not lay claim to progress. They are reactionary.

- From "The Rise and Fall of Constitutional Government in America" by Thomas G. West and Douglas A. Jeffrey, published by The Claremont Institute.

By: Josh Eboch

Josh Eboch — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 13:06:25 +0000

And the worst part is, they make you hate Thoreau in school. The teachers pretend he was some environmentalist wacko instead of what he actually was: A libertarian.

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By: Tom Sawyer

Tom Sawyer — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 02:48:12 +0000

The irony is that the most famous advocate of this sort of civil disobedience, Henry David Thoreau, is an icon of the Statist Left.

Consider me with you.

By: Jason Greene

Jason Greene — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 02:12:54 +0000

Great read. Things will really get moving if more of the individual states start adopting this philosophy and begin nullifying federal laws that infringe on their sovereignty.

By: Michael Boldin

Michael Boldin — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 01:13:13 +0000

I think Paine and Jefferson would be proud of this. Rothbard – definitely. This is right in line with our message here at TAC – the 10th Amendment movement isn’t about asking politicians for permission to exercise our rights…it’s about saying NO to the feds, and exercising our rights whether they want us to or not.