For the old revolutionaries, a government that could define its own limits, take property at will - an arbitrary power - was the very definition of a tyranny, reducing the people “to the most abject slavery.” In their view, liberty could only exist in a society that’s awake, aware, and actively engaged - in both supporting freedom, and resisting attempts to restrict it.
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Going from the largest government in history - to a true “land of the free” isn’t going to be easy. And it definitely won’t happen overnight. But we’ve got the tools - thanks to the founders and old revolutionaries. The essential principles underlying our philosophy and strategy.
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Washington, Jefferson, Madison - their warnings on a massive, permanent national debt have been totally ignored. And until they're heeded, things are only going to get much, much worse.
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Stopping the incessant growth of the largest government in history means doing things that might seem…a little more difficult…than what most people have done for generations. But using the advice and wisdom of the founders and old revolutionaries, we can get on a successful path to liberty.
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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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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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When it comes to dealing with federal overreach, most people take one of three different approaches - none of which should be your first response to extreme, repeated violations of the constitution and your liberty.
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Born Sept. 27, 1722 - some “experts” would have you believe his political career “peaked” in 1776, and mostly ended there. But more important were his ideas, which not only helped influence an entire generation to resist the empire, but can live on today as well - and help drive resistance to another.
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A “frightful despotism,” would be the result of an “alternate domination of one faction over another,” warned George Washington. He was joined - with similar warnings - by Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, Mercy Otis Warren, Thomas Jefferson and many others. But this opposition to factions didn’t start with the founding generation at all.
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In his farewell address of Sept 19, 1796 George Washington warned about the dangers of political factions.
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