Many people hold the false and dangerous view that the federal court system is not only the final say on the meaning of the Constitution - but take it even further - the courts represent the “last bulwark against tyranny.”
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Applying Thomas Jefferson’s strategy for advancing liberty to the massive and ever-growing surveillance state we live under today. One state is following it well, and all other states should copy their strategy as much as possible.
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An important lesson on power and human nature. Trust no one with power to endanger liberty. That includes - don’t trust the people who tell you to not trust people with power.
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Most people today have little to no familiarity with any of the books that influenced the founders - which is part of why things have gotten so far off the rails. And probably a big reason why government-run education is such a massive roadblock to liberty
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When the federal government commits an act that is outside of its constitutional authority, states should refuse to enforce it.
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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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It took two centuries for the federal government to grow into the behemoth that it is today. And you're not going to cut it back down to size in a day.
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Thomas Jefferson called the public debt, “the greatest of the dangers to be feared.” As he put it, we have a choice “between economy and liberty, or profusion and servitude.”
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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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Paper money isn’t real money. Thomas Jefferson may have summed it up best
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