Posts Tagged ‘freedom’

State Nullification: Requisite To Freedom

State Nullification: Requisite To Freedom

“if freedom has a chance to survive in these United States, the American people must get their eyes off of Washington, D.C., and start focusing on their individual states”


A Christmas Gift for my Daughter

A Christmas Gift for my Daughter

“I want more than anything else for you to understand this simple truth that can set you free.”


Lessons of Lexington, 1775

Lessons of Lexington, 1775

“I will accept no compromise with those who would abuse any portion of the Constitution”


The Freedom Paradox

The Freedom Paradox

Look yourself in the mirror and instead of asking what you “can” do, ask what you “will” do.


Promoting Freedom and Green Energy Together?

“The purpose of government is for those who run it to plunder those who do not.”


Love of Liberty vs Love of Government

Love of Liberty vs Love of Government

Today’s brand of patriotism (at least as expressed by many) is totally foreign to the fundamental principles of liberty upon which America was built. Its focus is government, not liberty.


Freedom from the Income Tax

Freedom from the Income Tax

For over a century, the U.S. government survived quite well without an income tax. It operated a small, constitutional government on the revenue from tariffs and excise taxes. Can we ever return?


Health Care, Virtue, Liberty and Independence

“…If virtue and knowledge are diffused among the people, they will never be enslaved. This will be their great security…” –Samuel Adams


Freedom in One Word

Freedom in One Word

Now that Heath Care legislation has passed, the obvious question for opponents is this: Now What? My answer is best summed up with just one word


Putting the Constitution Back into the Oval Office

Putting the Constitution Back into the Oval Office

Ron Paul: “A crucial policy that a president could enact to bring speedy improvements to government is ordering the bureaucracy to respect the 10th Amendment and refrain from undermining state laws.”


The American Dream: Why the Tyrants Can Never Win

The American Dream: Why the Tyrants Can Never Win

Our Founders had a profound understanding of human nature and of the burning desire for freedom that is planted in the very essence of who we are as human beings. This is why the Constitution was written so as to allow that yearning for freedom to flourish and grow.


A Gift for my Daughter: Liberty

A Gift for my Daughter: Liberty

If I could give you just one thing, I’d want it to be a simple truth that took me many years to learn. If you learn it now, it may enrich your life in hundreds of ways. And it may save your having to face many problems that have hurt people who’ve never learned it.


Health Care and the Fallacy of Positive Rights

Health Care and the Fallacy of Positive Rights

How can taking what belongs to another person (their money, time, or effort) through legislative force be a “right”?


Choosing Federalism, Choosing Freedom

Choosing Federalism, Choosing Freedom

We are going to need an acute dosage of federalism to even begin ridding ourselves of the disease destroying the body of our once-great federation.


Which Side are You On?

Which Side are You On?

Forget everything you know about politics. Forget the age old story about the Democrats and the Republicans, where one side is good and the other side are a bunch of America hating vats of pure evil. Forget about the left vs right debate, forget about conservative vs liberal. At this stage in the game, there are only two sides


The Mighty 10th Amendment: Our Beachhead for Liberty

The Mighty 10th Amendment: Our Beachhead for Liberty

We must bring our revolutionary product of individual freedom to market, and soon; otherwise servitude, Washington D.C.’s product of choice will monopolize and we will see out market share for freedom disappear and our great experiment in self-government fail.


A Great Moment in our History

A Great Moment in our History

In his speech at the Ohio Sovereignty Rally, Andrew Napolitano says, “In the long history of the world, very few generations have been granted the role of defending freedom in its maximum hour of danger. This is that moment and you are that generation! Now is the time to defend our freedoms.”


Andrew Napolitano in Ohio, Part 1


Andrew Napolitano in Ohio, Part 2


Limit Government or Limit Freedom?

by Alex Wallenwein That really is the question. To increase the one, you have to limit the other. There’s no two ways about it. If confronted with that choice, which one will you increase?? Naturally, there is only one sane answer. Yet, good, well-meaning, but horribly deceived and misled Americans are constantly choosing government over [...]


A Few Thoughts On Liberty And Sovereignty

by Neal Ross In 1922, D. H. Lawrence wrote, “Men fight for liberty and win it with hard knocks. Their children, brought up easy, let it slip away again, poor fools. And their grandchildren are once more slaves.” Most of America still is under the belief that we are a free and independent people. They [...]


Freedom From Government

by Rep Ron Paul President Obama signed an executive order last week continuing the faith-based initiatives program created by former President Bush.  When the program was created, I warned that giving taxpayer money to private religious organizations would eventually lead to political control and manipulation of them.  This week has provided some evidence that this [...]


Strengthening or Weakening the Economy?

by Rep Ron Paul The economic situation continues to deteriorate this week as past and future bailouts were discussed on Capitol Hill.  The debate was over the accountability of already disbursed TARP money, and on whether or not to release remaining funds.   Banks that had already been bailed out before are looking for more money [...]


Economic Freedom or Socialist Intervention?

by Rep Ron Paul The freedom to fail is an essential part of freedom.  Government- provided financial security necessitates relinquishing the very essence of freedom.  Last week, the big 3 American automakers came back to Capitol Hill with their hands out to the government.  Congress spent this past week debating how much money to give [...]