Obsta Principiis: Have We Waited too Long to Save Our Constitution and Our Freedom?
The spirit of liberty is, and ought to be, a jealous, a watchful spirit. Obsta Principiis is her motto and maxim; knowing that her enemies are secret and cunning, making the earliest advances slowly, silently and softly, and that according to her unerring oracle...
John Adams: Patriot and Tyrant?
Many revere John Adams as a great patriot. Others view him as a big-government tyrant. The truth probably lies somewhere in between. Adams was a prominent leader during the American Revolution and was one of the most outspoken supporters of independence. His writing...
The Founders and the Constitution: John Adams
Unlike the other Founders profiled in this series, John Adams of Massachusetts didn’t attend the 1787 Constitutional Convention. He was America’s ambassador to England when the convention met, and he didn’t return home until the ratification process was well underway....