National Debt and the Destruction of Liberty
“I go on the principle that a Public Debt is a Public curse” James Madison didn’t see public debt as a mere policy debate or a nuisance to be dealt with later. He saw it as one of the most dangerous threats to a representative system – one that leads straight to...
Patrick Henry’s Virginia Resolves of 1765: Spark of the Revolution
“Not bound to yield obedience.” That was no mere slogan. It was a warning – and a call to action printed across the colonies in 1765. The British had just passed the hated Stamp Act. But in Virginia, a 29-year-old freshman legislator named Patrick...
Thomas Jefferson’s Greatest Fear: The Federal Judiciary and the Death of Liberty
“The great object of my fear is the federal judiciary.” That’s Thomas Jefferson – sounding the alarm over what he saw as the greatest threat to the Constitution and your liberty. He gave us four main warnings: Consolidation is death to freedom....