Founding Principles
Spooner’s Other Statements on the Constitution
Despite writing on the Constitution for decades – few people today seem to even know the name Lysander Spooner. And most who do, rarely know more than one quote. Time to turn that around. Path to Liberty, Fast Friday Edition: September 15, 2023...
Why the Founders Warned Against Standing Armies
All the founders agreed that standing armies were a great threat to liberty. The only debate was really the best way to prevent those dangers. But they didn’t come up with this view on their own – it was part of a very long tradition that was opposed to large,...
Top-5 to “Never Forget”
Forgotten long ago: Essential principles underlying the Constitution and liberty – right from the Founders. It’s time to turn that around. Path to Liberty: September 11, 2023 https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/tentherradio/path-091123.mp3Podcast: Play in new...
Acts Against the Constitution are Void
VOID. That’s how many leading founders and old revolutionaries described acts that go beyond the powers authorized by the Constitution. James Otis Jr. told us that an “act against the Constitution is void.” Thomas Jefferson wrote “that whensoever the...