The Declaration of Independence was not an effort to “find out new principles,” according to Thomas Jefferson. Instead, it was intended as “an expression of the American mind,” which was based on the principles of the greats like Locke, Cicero - and a guy named Algernon Sidney - whose book was owned by Jefferson, Madison, Adams, Franklin and many others.
The post Jefferson’s Favorite Book on Government? first appeared on Tenth Amendment Center.A lot of people misunderstand the nature of their rights. The source.
The 2nd Amendment doesn’t create a right to keep and bear arms. What is does is prohibit the federal government from violating the natural right you already have.
Most gun rights activists are against any attempts by the federal government to restrict the right to keep and bear arms. However, that is not always the case. A recent Wisconsin appellate court ruling that declared illegal aliens have a right to own a gun. But at the same time, the court also concluded that despite the plain…
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When various skeptics question the soundness of the American political system, one of their targets is the idea of human nature. After all, the founders took their political philosophy mainly from John Locke who thought human nature does exist and, bas...
It bothers me to no end that millions of Americans simply don't get just how dangerous this current administration's views are, especially about the nature of our basic rights. I suppose I should not be surprised, given the utterly perverted pr...
In response to an essay in which I discuss the difference between Amartya Sen's and the late Peter Bauer's recommendation for how countries can achieve economic development, one in which I touch on the topic of natural rights, someone sent the ...
This is a most excellent presentation from Judge Napolitano on natural law, history, and unalienable rights following a brief intro from Glenn Beck. Freedom Watch is now the #1 Show on Fox Business Network as reported by the Daily Paul Liberty Forum here and according to Glenn Beck in the first few seconds of this [...]