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Pursuit of Happiness: “We Cannot be Happy without Being Free”
The “pursuit of happiness” is a foundational principle enshrined in the Declaration of Independence. In the Founders’ view, this was inextricably linked to individual liberty and property rights. John Dickinson explained it this way in the last of his 12 Letters from...![Blueprint: Rhetoric and Resistance Against the Townshend Acts](https://tenthamendmentcenter.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/boston-1768-1200-1080x629.jpg)
Blueprint: Rhetoric and Resistance Against the Townshend Acts
“The right of the people, to resist an unconstitutional law, is absolute and unqualified, from the moment the law is enacted.” Lysander Spooner penned this line in 1850, but he was tapping into a fundamental principle that evolved during the Revolution –...![Countering Relentless Propaganda and Widespread Ignorance](https://tenthamendmentcenter.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/propaganda-1280-1080x675.png)
Countering Relentless Propaganda and Widespread Ignorance
Thomas Jefferson warned us. “If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be.” The people have ignored this for far too long – education on the original, legal meaning of the Constitution...![The Founders and the Constitution: John Dickinson](https://tenthamendmentcenter.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/john-dickinson-1200.png)