“A little rebellion now and then is a good thing.” Jefferson didn’t just say it – he meant it, even when he opposed the cause. Because the principle was bigger than the moment: resistance is what keeps government in check. This episode makes the case with hard truth from Jefferson, Spooner, Adams, Locke, and more – showing that liberty survives through backbone, not permission.
Path to Liberty: July 9, 2025
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Luther Martin – Genuine Information (28 Dec 1787)
Samuel Adams – Candidus, Boston Gazette (14 Oct 1771)
Joseph Hawley – Letter to John Adams (25 July 1774)
Declaration and Resolves of the First Continental Congress (14 Oct 1774)
Benjamin Franklin – Proposal for the Great Seal of the United States, [before 14 August 1776]
John Adams – Letter to William Tudor, Sr. (5 Apr 1818)
Episode – Rebellion to Tyrants: The Sermon that Sparked the Revolution
Thomas Jefferson – Letter to Henry Lee (8 May 1825)
Aristotle – Politics, Book V, Translated by Jowett (350 BC)
Cicero – On Moral Duties (44 BC)
John Locke – Two Treatises (1698)
Algernon Sidney – Discourses Concerning Government (1680)
Thomas Gordon – Cato’s Letters No. 42 (26 Aug 1721)
Thomas Jefferson to William Stephens Smith (13 Nov 1787)
James Iredell – North Carolina Ratifying Convention (28 July 1788)
Thomas Gordon – Cato’s Letters No. 62 (20 Jan 1722)
Lysander Spooner – No Treason No VI (1870)
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