Power From the People
We’ve all heard or seen the slogan, “Power to the People,” but it gets things almost completely backwards. The word “TO” is the wrong word, by far. Under the system and principles of the founders and old revolutionaries, all power comes FROM the people. They don’t...
Liberty, Power, Precedent and the People
While most people have never heard his name today, Founding Father John Dickinson was famous at the time of the Revolution. In 1767, he authored the 12 “Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania” in response to the hated Townshend Acts. These essays quickly became the...
Resistance is Crucial to the Advancement of Liberty
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...