James Madison
Liberty is the Price of Endless War
When most people talk about federal overreach, they generally focus on domestic issues – education, healthcare, social policy, mandates, and the like. But as James Madison noted – โof all the enemiesโ to liberty, war is โthe most to be dreaded.โ Path to...Constitutional arguments aside, if you support a policy that results in the deaths of 100,000 people, maybe you should rethink that policy. @mmaharrey10th pic.twitter.com/IzC1TmHP5y
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A Degeneracy of Morals and Manners
James Madison wrote about the “degeneracy of morals and manners” that happens when a country engages in war. He was talking about the war profiteering and the accompanying fraud, but there is a far more sinister degeneration of morals that happens during...
5 Founders on the Horrors and Evils of War
Thomas Paine, John Jay, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson and James Madison – in their own words – on the evils of war. Not on the structure of war powers under the Constitution, but as a deeper, philosophical foundation. Path to Liberty. Fast Friday...
Madison and Jefferson on Infrastructure and Debt
Supporters of the monster state want you to believe that itโs never enough. Spending, taxing, debt – and the like. President Madison and President Jefferson both saw things much differently – two examples on infrastructure and debt we never see today. Path...