by Mike Maharrey | Aug 8, 2022 | Liberty, Nullification, Strategy
Patrick Henry told us that “government is no more than a choice among evils.” Thomas Paine held the same view. In Common Sense, he wrote, “Society in every state is a blessing, but Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its...
by Mike Maharrey | Aug 4, 2022 | Constitution, Founding Principles
Did the Constitution fail? A lot of people think it did. This popular quote by Lysander Spooner sums up the thoughts of many. “But whether the Constitution really be one thing, or another, this much is certain – that it has either authorized such a government as we...
by Mike Maharrey | May 29, 2022 | Strategy
Resist. That was Lysander Spooner’s strategy to stop unconstitutional acts that was very much in line with James Madison and other prominent founders. Spooner was a prominent 19th-century slavery abolitionist. He is well-known in libertarian and anarchist...
by Judge Andrew Napolitano | Aug 27, 2020 | Current Events, History, Postal Clause
The United States Postal Service – formerly the Post Office — is an American institution rooted in the Constitution. To the framers, the idea that the federal government would be in the thankless business of carrying mail from city to city defied their...
by Mike Maharrey | Jul 14, 2018 | Constitution
Some people want to blame the intrusive, overreaching federal government we have today on the Constitution. Many cite a quote from 19th-century anarchist Lysander Spooner to drive home their point: “But whether the Constitution really be one thing, or another, this...
