Founding Principles
Centralization is the Problem, not the Solution
The Founders universally opposed “consolidation” – or centralization of government power – as dangerous and destructive to liberty. Patrick Henry, James Madison, Fisher Ames, George Washington and others warned against it. But today, we see it on almost...
Embracing what the Founders Sought to Destroy
The Founding generation fought a long, bloody war to free themselves from an empire – the largest government in history at the time. Today, they’re probably rolling in their graves because the people have long-embraced the same centralized despotism the founders...
Natural Rights: Liberty Doesn’t Need a Government Permission Slip
Even though many people credit Thomas Jefferson for the natural rights principles in the Declaration of Independence, Jefferson himself pointed out that he didn’t invent those ideas. Instead, he wrote, he had adopted the “harmonizing sentiments of the...
A “Living, Breathing” Constitution is Really a Dead One
Many people today think the Constitution is a “living, breathing” document, one that just changes with the times. But that just means those with power will tell us what it means in ways that fit their political goals. The end result? The largest government in the...