Not a Gift from Government: Our Natural Rights Foundation
By: Michael Boldin Rights are not gifts from government. They don’t come from documents – not a constitution, not even a bill of rights. You have rights because you exist. ...
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Totally Dissolved: The Forgotten Vote for Independence
By: Michael Boldin We celebrate Independence on the Fourth of July. But the actual vote to secede from the British Empire and become “free and independent states” – happened on ...
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Virginia Declaration of Rights: The Legal Right to Alter or Abolish Government
By: Michael Boldin Ask around today and you’ll find most people treat rebellion like a relic – something you read about in school, never something you do. That wasn’t how ...
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Arbitrary Power: The Definition of Tyranny
By: Michael Boldin “The curse and scandal of human nature.” That’s how James Otis, Jr. described arbitrary power. It wasn’t just a sign of tyranny, or a step toward it. ...
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Not Just Bad Policy: The Founders Called it Treason and War
By: Michael Boldin Treason. Invasion. Conquest. That’s how the Founders and old revolutionaries described usurpation – power stolen, not delegated. And it wasn’t just rhetoric. It was a foundational, and ...
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Free and Independent: The Foreign Policy of Washington and Jefferson
By: Michael Boldin Anxious to preserve their hard-won independence, Presidents George Washington and Thomas Jefferson championed a foreign policy centered on avoiding “entangling alliances.” They envisioned America pursuing peace, ...
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When is the real Independence Day: July 2 or July 4?
by Scott Bomboy of the National Constitution Center There’s no doubt the Founding Fathers signed the Declaration of Independence in July 1776. But which date has the legitimate ...
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Six Must Read Sources from Thomas Jefferson and James Madison
By: Michael Boldin Most people today have little to no familiarity with any of the principles that influenced the founders. Below, you’ll find 6 important resources hand-picked by Thomas Jefferson and ...
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What the American Founders Meant by Equality
By: Dan Sanchez The Declaration of Independence famously proclaimed that “all men are created equal.” Thanks in part to that prestigious endorsement, “equality” has become a widely held social ideal. But ...
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What Are Rights? This Is What the Founders Believed
By: Dan Sanchez 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 ...
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