The Influence of Machiavelli on the Founding Fathers of the United States
When discussing the intellectual influences on the Founding Fathers of the United States, one typically hears names such as Locke, Montesquieu, and Blackstone. However, one influential thinker often overlooked is Niccolò Machiavelli. Far from being merely the author...
How Tyranny Parades as Law
“Law is often but the tyrant’s will and always so when it violates the rights of an individual.” Thomas Jefferson warned us. The biggest crimes against liberty do not happen in the shadows. They happen right in front of us. Paraded as law, justice, and the...
Precedent: Letting Yesterday’s Crimes Justify Tomorrow’s Tyranny
“One of the vilest systems that can be set up.” That’s how Thomas Paine described government by precedent – when government uses power not because it’s authorized, but because someone else got away with it first. No constitution. No...