The “real American revolution” was a radical change in the views of the people. This was reflected in the Declaration of Independence, which was intended as “an expression of the American mind.” And few people, if any, had a greater influence on that thought than Algernon Sidney.
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Thousands of executive branch employees stand to gain financially on actions of the agency they work at? Say it ain’t so! But it is. And we were warned this would happen too.
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When the Constitution was ratified, the word necessary meant, well, necessary. But in just a few short years, that was changed to convenient, or useful, giving the federal government the nearly unlimited power it has today.
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The Constitution is not in force in any meaningful way. But it didn’t get like this overnight - not even close. So when did things go “off the rails” of the constitutional system? You might be surprised to hear how early it happened - and things just keep getting further and further away from it every year.
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Thomas Jefferson said the Tenth Amendment is the "foundation" of the Constitution. That foundation is being destroyed by allowing the feds to exercise unconstitutional powers.
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When we allow the government to tax, borrow and print money for all of its unconstitutional act, we're not just screwing ourselves.
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Thomas Jefferson warned us about one thing that destroys liberty -- every single time.
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There is nobody riding in on a white horse to make us free. It's ultimately up to "the supreme sovereignty" of the people.
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Supporters of the monster state love using the term “inflation” not to describe inflation, but the effects of it. That way, when they “take action” against inflation, they never go after the root cause - and continue to use it as a tool to expand their power and control.
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In July 1775, Benjamin Franklin introduced a formal plan for uniting the colonies - “The Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union.” He read it to the Second Continental Congress nearly a year before the Declaration of Independence and the first drafts of what became our first constitution, the Articles of Confederation.
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