Founding Principles
He Could Have Been King. Watch What He Did Instead.
January 8, 1790: George Washington delivered the first State of the Union. It wasn’t a royal decree. It was a job report. No applause. No guests. Just the shortest annual message in history. He could have acted like a king. Instead, he called for an armed,...
Parchment barriers don’t stop tyranny
Words on paper donโt stop tyranny. Never did.ย Never will. In other words, we canโt expect governments to follow limits on their own power just because we write them out. As the founders told us, itโs ultimately up to the people to enforce those limits. In Federalist...
Living Under the Consolidation the Founders Warned About
โConsolidation must end in the destruction of our liberties.โ Patrick Henry couldnโt have been any more blunt: Centralizing power would destroy liberty – guaranteed. Itโs pretty simple. Big government is the enemy of freedom. The founders knew this from their...
Fear is the Foundation of Government Power
โFear is the foundation of most governments.โ John Adams understood that government power is built on fear. Sadly, many people will give up their liberty when theyโre scared. Sometimes, they even beg for more government power to โprotect them.โ Governments know this....