What Are Rights? This Is What the Founders Believed
In 1776, the Declaration of Independence proclaimed that everyone is endowed with “unalienable Rights.” Years later, the Bill of Rights elaborated on those rights. Subsequently, the rights of many (although not all, tragically and atrociously) Americans were secured...
Of the Natural Rights of Individuals
Do people exist for the sake of government? Or is it the other way around? That’s the question James Wilson attempts to answer in his 1790 work, “Of the Natural Rights of Individuals.” A signer of the Declaration of Independence and member of the...
Natural Rights and Liberty: The Foundation and the Goal
Facing the largest government in history – we get a lot of people asking us what we hope to accomplish. So, I thought it was a good idea to share with you our driving principle – the foundation for all our work, along with the long-term goal of what we...