Fear is the foundation of government power. And war is the “art of conquering at home.” Insight and warnings from the founders - plus even a glimmer of hope and inspiration for the future.
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The Constitution is not in force in any meaningful way, but when did things get like this? Some people think 1861, or 1913, or 1933 - but the answer may surprise you.
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The structure and power for a totalitarian nightmare is all around us - overcriminalization, overregulation, surveillance, and so much more, including the ability to fund all their unconstitutional programs.
The post Top-5 Tools for Total Tyranny first appeared on Tenth Amendment Center.In this episode, I cover the Townshend Acts, the crafty attempt by Chancellor of the Exchequer Charles Townshend to enact taxes which would allay some of the colonists’ arguments against parliamentary taxation. Introduced here is John Dickinson, a lawyer from Pennsylvania, who would play a critical role in the struggle. I also cover other Townshend…
Until at least the 1960s or so, the "progressive school" of history suggested that we totally ignore the views and works of old revolutionaries like Samuel Adams and James Otis.
Dickinson affirmed that the Union was comprised of "sovereign states" and that the general government under the Constitution only contained those powers granted to it by the states themselves while the states retained all others to be used at their discretion.
by Gary Galles, FEE John Dickinson was among America’s most important founders. He was a colonial legislator, member of the Stamp Act, Continental, and Confederation Congresses, chief executive of both Delaware (by a 25 to 1 vote; his being the only opposed) and Pennsylvania, president of the 1786 Annapolis convention that led to the Constitutional…
The path to liberty begins with a single step.
One of the most important founding fathers is someone that most people have never heard of.
How to stop the feds? The first step comes from John Dickinson, the “Penman of the Revolution.”