Usurpation: Weapon to Destroy Freedom
The Declaration of Independence doesn’t have a list of “grievances.” That word isn’t even in the text. The Revolutionaries seceded from the British over a long list – a “long train” – of unconstitutional acts, what Thomas Jefferson called in the...
Parchment barriers don’t stop tyranny
Words on paper don’t stop tyranny. Never did. Never will. In other words, we can’t expect governments to follow limits on their own power just because we write them out. As the founders told us, it’s ultimately up to the people to enforce those limits. In Federalist...
Living Under the Consolidation the Founders Warned About
“Consolidation must end in the destruction of our liberties.” Patrick Henry couldn’t have been any more blunt: Centralizing power would destroy liberty – guaranteed. It’s pretty simple. Big government is the enemy of freedom. The founders knew this from their...