Rights Are Not Gifts from Government: The Founders’ View
Rights don’t come from a constitution, a bill of rights, or any document at all. Your natural rights – come from your creator – and you have them by the nature of your humanity. Even civil rights – are built on the foundation of natural rights. These...
4 Forgotten Principles That Fueled the American Revolution
Division of power, precedent, the right to resist, and more – essential – and totally forgotten – principles that fueled the American Revolution. They’re all drawn from John Dickinson’s 1767 Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania. Totally forgotten...
Advancing Liberty: Rights are Not Gifts from Government
Rights are not gifts from government. It’s not really “liberty” if it requires a government permission slip. This view is almost totally lost among the general public today – but it was common among the founders and old revolutionaries. Thomas Jefferson may have...