“The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.”
Noah Webster warned us about the dangers of “party-spirit” and factions. In his 1794 essay The Revolution in France, the noted American writer and dictionary author analyzed the situation in Europe, which had not only gained the interest of Americans, but divided...
On this date in 1758, Noah Webster was born. Webster is best known for his dictionary and his work in education, but he was also a prominent political writer who was influential in both the drafting and ratification of the Constitution. Webster was born on Oct. 16,...
