A culture of obedience and compliance guarantees that government will never stop growing - and defiance and nullification represent the “rightful remedy” to usurpations of power. But today, many people live in fear - and never take the steps needed to help advance liberty.
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“There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one who is striking at the root”
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“Tyrants care nothing for discussions that are to end only in discussion. Discussions, which do not interfere with the enforcement of their laws, are but idle wind to them.”
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In a society where an alarming number of people have little to no knowledge of our history and foundational principles, we consider it our duty to teach as many people as possible about liberty, the original, legal meaning of the Constitution - and how to protect and defend both.
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That means it's easier to prevent tyranny than to end it when it takes hold. That's why it's imperative to resist the first encroachments on the Constitution.
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Failure to resist got us what we have today -- the biggest, most powerful government in history micromanaging our lives. We need more resistance and less submission.
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Understanding the source of our problem today - that is, the unconstitutional power of the largest government in history - is essential if we’re ever going to get back on the path to liberty.
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We have to resist overreaching government power at its very first approach. If we don't, it will grow and grow and grow.
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They definitely don’t teach this in the government-run schools. The founders told us how to enforce the limits of the constitution when the federal government - whether just one branch or all three - refuses to follow the rules. Learn from Jefferson, Madison, Dickinson, Sherman - and more.
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Samual Adams said, "all might be free if they valued freedom and defended it as they ought."
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