Tag Archives : Founding Fathers
Is Alexander Hamilton the Real Libertarian Hero, not Thomas Jefferson?
Rehabilitating Hamilton
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Thomas Sowell, George Will, and Walter Williams have all explained that the Constitution imposes strict limits on the powers of the federal government. This means, for all intents and purposes, that it is a somewhat anti-democratic document. And by anti-democratic, I mean the Constitution puts restrictions on democracy (not restrictions on the Democratic Party, though […]
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A Left-Wing Plan to Replace the Ideas of the Founding Fathers with a “Declaration of Dependency”?
Like the Constitution, the Declaration of Independence is filled with old-fashioned ideas about liberty, freedom, and restrictions on the power of government. But that’s no fun, at least if you’re a member of the ruling class. Heck, some people are using those musty old documents to argue that the crowd in Washington doesn’t have unlimited […]
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