The federal government is not the boss of the states. In the Kentucky Resolutions of 1798, Thomas Jefferson emphasized this point, writing, “The several states composing the United States of America, are not united on the principle of unlimited submission to their...
Thomas Jefferson warned that just one single step beyond the limits of the Constitution is one too many. That’s because when the government crosses that line, it unlocks a virtually unlimited reservoir of power. “To take a single step beyond the boundaries thus...
The foundation of the American revolution was a question of WHO IS IN CHARGE: government, or the people? This is the story of the real root cause of the clash with the British. Once we’re done, you’ll see – This isn’t a “land of the free” – because...
The founders fought a long, bloody war to secede from the British – where government held total power, and the people were expected to comply, or die. The views they held EVEN before shots were fired – that’s what America is supposed to be. On this...
“What has destroyed the liberty and the rights of man in every government which has ever existed under the sun? Thomas Jefferson answered his own rhetorical question with a warning that Americans have ignored for far too long. “The generalizing and concentrating all...
