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Faction is Death to Liberty

Faction is Death to Liberty

Noah Webster told us exactly what happens when people join a political party - they become mindless puppets of people in power.ย  His timeless warning that โ€œfaction is death to ...
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Boston Massacre: Have We Remembered, or Surrendered?

Boston Massacre: Have We Remembered, or Surrendered?

For 13 years, from 1771 to 1783, the Sons and Daughters of Liberty held annual events to remember, with a keynote speaker each year. These speeches provide us with an ...
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1761: When American Independence was Born

1761: When American Independence was Born

While the Declaration of Independence was a seminal moment in the Revolution, it was the culmination of more than 15 years of radical changes in the minds and hearts of ...
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Why Did Americans Abandon Freedom?

Why Did Americans Abandon Freedom?

Modern-day Americans are scared of everything, especially the thought of losing their governmental โ€œsecurity.โ€ ...
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Liberty OR Empire: You Can't Have Both

Liberty OR Empire: You Can’t Have Both

The root cause is always the same: Consolidate power. The eventual destruction of liberty and final collapse are guaranteed ...
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How the Founders Explained Limits on the Federal Government

How the Founders Explained Limits on the Federal Government

The consistency and clarity of these representations, the authoritative status of their authors, and the likelihood that the ratifying public relied on them all underscore their value in constitutional interpretation ...
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Writs, Riots, and Redcoats: Hancock's Spark of the Revolution

Writs, Riots, and Redcoats: Hancock’s Spark of the Revolution

In an early confrontation between the customs officials and John Hancock, the British hoped that flexing their muscles would teach the colonists a lesson and cow them into submission ...
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Missing the Marque: Reviving a Forgotten Constitutional Clause

Missing the Marque: Reviving a Forgotten Constitutional Clause

Article I, Section 8, Clause 11ย of the Constitution authorizes Congress to โ€œgrant Letters of Marque and Reprisal.โ€ ...
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John Taylor's Forgotten Warning about Judges Rewriting the Constitution.

John Taylor’s Forgotten Warning about Judges Rewriting the Constitution.

โ€œIt is ... the natural enemy of our home-bred form of government, and ought to awaken the resistance of all legislative and judicial departments, and the detestation of every person ...
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First State of the Union: George Washington's Blueprint Betrayed

First State of the Union: George Washington’s Blueprint Betrayed

The gap between Washington's standard and today's reality isn't an accident. It's not drift. It's a complete betrayal of the blueprint he laid out on January 8, 1790 ...
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Be at War with Your Vices: Benjamin Franklin's New Year's Challenge

Be at War with Your Vices: Benjamin Franklin’s New Year’s Challenge

Benjamin Franklin's timeless lessons, drawn from his legendary Poor Richardโ€™s Almanack, continue to inspire and guide us nearly 300 years after its first publication ...
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A Single Step: The Ancient Wisdom that Won American Independence

A Single Step: The Ancient Wisdom that Won American Independence

From the Revolution back to ancient Greece, the Founders knew the score: once government seizes power, it keeps growing and it never gives it back ...