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“Empires, by Pride & Folly & Extravagance, ruin themselves like Individuals.” Benjamin Franklin certainly understood history. He had witnessed it unfold. In fact, he predicted the unraveling of the British Empire. Featuring some of his best satire and sharpest...
With the adoption of the U.S. Constitution, the American people brought into existence the most unusual way of life in history, one that led to the greatest economic miracle that mankind has ever seen. Americans not only discovered the solution to poverty but also...
Empire abroad is a massive threat to your liberty at home. Ultimately, as many founders warned, we could have either empire or liberty. But not both. The fundamental characteristics of a growing empire undermine the very foundation of the constitutional system. Empire...
Oh, the hypocrisy. To hear President Biden talk about the Russia’s aggression against Ukraine, you might imagine that Putin is the only dictator bent on expanding his military empire through the use of occupation, aggression and oppression. Yet the United States is no...
On June 5, 1788, Patrick Henry gave a speech at the Virginia Ratifying Convention warning that “consolidation” – centralizing of power – would turn the United States into a dangerous empire. The speech was prophetic, and if you didn’t know otherwise, you’d assume it...