Precedent: Letting Yesterday’s Crimes Justify Tomorrow’s Tyranny
By: Michael Boldin “One of the vilest systems that can be set up.” That’s how Thomas Paine described government by precedent – when government uses power not because it’s authorized, ...
Read more.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. ...
Read more.The Steady Slide Towards Tyranny: How Freedom Dies from A to Z
By: John Whitehead The American governmental scheme is sliding ever closer towards a pervasive authoritarianism. The American people, the permanent underclass in America, have allowed themselves to be so ...
Read more.The Tyranny of the Majority
By: Judge Andrew Napolitano Does it really matter if the instrument curtailing liberty is a monarch or a popularly elected legislature? This conundrum, along with the witty version of ...
Read more.The Tyranny of the Majority
By: Judge Andrew Napolitano “Which is better — to be ruled by one tyrant three thousand miles away, or three thousand tyrants one mile away?” -Rev. Mather Blyes (1706-1788) Does it ...
Read more.America’s Muzzled Freedom
by Scott Yenor - Law & Liberty There are no gulags in America. But that doesn’t mean there is no tyranny. Gulags are so sloppy and inefficient, anyway. America’s coming ...
Read more.Red Light or Green?
by Dr. Ron Paul Do you think you need a government green light to engage in your life -- to go to work, attend church, or socialize with more than ...
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