When government people say they want to "protect you," they usually mean they want to control you.
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We are not to expect to be translated from despotism to liberty, in a feather bed. Thomas Jefferson was right when he wrote this and it might be even more relevant today in the face of the largest government in history.
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This refers to the devaluing of the Continental dollar by excessive money printing. As more and more Continentals were created and put into circulation, they value of each one dropped. Eventually, the Continental dollar was all but useless.
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Down the memory hole is where most foundational principles of the American Revolution seem to go. That includes the Suffolk Resolves - Sept 9, 1774 - which called for non-compliance to the Coercive Acts, disobedience to courts, tax resistance and more.
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We can't be happy without being free.
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Walt Whitman and James Otis, Jr. were right. We need less "unquestioning obedience," and more refusal to comply.
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The United States of today couldn’t be further from the principles of the American Revolution. Here are 4 major ones that have been almost completely ignored, leading to the largest government in history.
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In other words, the people are sovereign.
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Thomas Jefferson warned us about one thing that destroys liberty -- every single time.
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When you give the federal government your purse strings, you're giving the federal government control. The feds use their funding to control local policy.
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