Were the Anti-Federalists Right?
โA monarchy, or a corrupt, tyrannical aristocracyโ That’s what George Mason predicted we’d get under the constitution. And he was far from alone. The Anti-Federalists repeatedly warned that the constitution wouldnโt actually create a federal union....
The Militia the Founders Envisioned, and What Remains Today
โWho are the militia? They consist now of the whole people.โย George Mason cut to the heart of it: the militia was not a government creation, but the people themselves. That simple truth has been twisted, ignored, or totally forgotten. Say the word โmilitiaโ today and...
Joseph Warren’s Final Oration: Against Standing Armies and Arbitrary Power
โAct worthy of yourselves.โ That’s how the great patriot and Revolutionary War hero Dr. Joseph Warren urged the people to commemorate the Boston Massacre, which happened today in history – March 5, 1770. In the face of a standing army occupier – and...