Of our Founding Principles Part III
Subtitle: Cato’s Letter No. 62. On Liberty, January 20th, 1722. I closed a recent squib with, “They (the writings of Sidney, Locke, Tacitus) bolstered what liberty-loving Americans had experienced and… Read more »
Tag: John Trenchard
Of our Founding Principles Part II
In a speech to the House of Commons on March 22nd 1775, Edmund Burke didn’t exaggerate when he warned that his majesty’s North American colonists “augur misgovernment at a distance,… Read more »
A Free Press
The free press tradition in which newspapers and pamphlets expose government malfeasance goes back to early 18th century England. Among the periodicals that skewered high government and Anglican church officials… Read more »
Mark Levin’s Liberty Amendments: Part IV
John Trenchard wrote in 1698 that government was a mere piece of clockwork, acting in the manner of its construction. The art of the politician, therefore, was to ensure that… Read more »