Liberty
Who Will Keep Our Liberties Safe?
What if liberty and democracy are opposites? What if the principle underlying liberty is to restrain the government to maximize individual autonomy? What if the principle underlying democracy is to unleash the government to give the people whatever they want? What if...
Protecting Liberty is Up to the People
There is nobody riding in on a white horse to make us free. It’s ultimately up to “the supreme sovereignty” of the people. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Tenth Amendment Center (@tenthamendmentcenter) For More Information Resistance is...
Stop Asking Permission
A free people doesn’t ask permission to live free. We need to rethink how we define freedom. It doesn’t come from government. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Tenth Amendment Center (@tenthamendmentcenter) For More Information Samuel Adams:...
Liberty is the Foundation: Timeless Wisdom from the “Penman of the Revolution”
Author of the most widely-read papers on American liberty up until publication of Thomas Paine’s Common Sense in 1776, John Dickinson earned the name “Penman of the Revolution” for his opposition to the hated Townshend Acts of 1767. From natural rights, to precedent...