RESIST THEM: Samuel Adams’ Forgotten Call for Liberty
Nearly five years before the Declaration of Independence, Samuel Adams wrote an essay urging the people to resist tyranny – not tamely submit and hope for the best. For Adams, it was a moral imperative to stand up for whatโs right, even against the most powerful...
A Single Step: The Weapon They Use to Destroy Liberty
A single step beyond the limits of the constitution – is a step too far. Thomas Jefferson – in his 1791 opinion on the constitutionality of the national bank – put it like this: โTo take a single step beyond the boundaries thus specially drawn around...
The Failed Strategy of “Vote the Bums Out” is Making Things Even Worse
From Samuel Adams and Thomas Jefferson to Lysander Spooner – the notion that the people should submit until they can replace enough politicians to stop the government from doing what the government was never authorized to do in the first place – is only a...