Mercy Otis Warren
What’s the Deal with all the Obedience?
The doctrine of “passive obedience and non-resistance” – was one the founders and old revolutionaries vehemently rejected as destructive to liberty. Yet, here we are today…is it based on fear, or maybe just old habits? Path to Liberty: September 22, 2021...
The Danger of Factions: Nothing New Under the Sun
A “frightful despotism,” would be the result of an “alternate domination of one faction over another,” warned George Washington. He was joined – with similar warnings – by Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, Mercy Otis Warren, Thomas Jefferson and many others....
Founding Mothers: Top-5 Quotes from Women of the Revolution
Inspirational. While they’re often lost down the memory hole, or just plain forgotten and ignored, these “founding mothers” have some timeless views we’d do well to remember today. Path to Liberty, Fast Friday Edition: May 15, 2020...
Today in History: Mercy Otis Warren Born
Today in History, on Sept. 25 1728, Mercy Otis Warren was born. An ardent patriot advocate for American independence, Warren was the author of “History of the Rise, Progress, and Termination of the American Revolution,” the first real chronicle of the War...