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...
Luther Martin’s Warning: The Constitution as a Threat to State Sovereignty
Luther Martin, a prominent Anti-Federalist, warned that the proposed Constitution would destroy state sovereignty by concentrating power in a centralized national government. One of the few opponents of the constitution to attend as a delegate to the Philadelphia...
The Founders’ Case for a Strong Militia Over Standing Armies
โThe militia, sir, is our ultimate safety. We can have no security without it.โ Patrick Henry knew just what a real national defense was all about – a highly armed population, ready to defend their own country from all dangers – foreign and domestic. One...