Path to Liberty

We’re diving into one of the Founders’ most critical lessons: the dangers of factions and party spirit. To truly understand their warnings, we’ll explore the ideas that inspired them – especially the sharp insights of Thomas Gordon and John Trenchard, authors of Cato’s Letters and Gordon’s Works of Sallust. Their words, written nearly 300 years ago, reveal truths about political division that remain just as relevant today. Some things, it seems, never really change.

Path to Liberty: January 3, 2025

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Cicero – The Works of Sallust

John Trenchard – Cato’s Letters No. 17 (18 Feb 1721)

Wolverton – Trenchard and Gordon: Forgotten Influences on the Founders

Mercy Otis Warren – History of the Rise, Progress, and Termination of the American Revolution/Chapter XXXI

John Trenchard – Cato’s Letters No. 80 (9 June 1722)

Samuel Adams – Loyalty and Sedition (1748)

Thomas Gordon – Cato’s Letters No. 16 (11 Feb 1721)

Noah Webster – The Revolution in France (1794)

Thomas Gordon – Cato’s Letters No. 51 (4 Nov 1721)

Thomas Gordon – Cato’s Letters No. 96 (29 Sept 1722)

John Taylor – Tyranny Unmasked

George Washington – Farewell Address 19 Sept 1796

Thomas Jefferson – Letter to Francis Hopkinson (13 Mar 1789)

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Today – like every day – is a perfect time to revisit the timeless wisdom of his Poor Richard’s Almanack. First published on December 28, 1732, it became a cultural sensation over the next 25 years, blending sharp wit, practical advice, and lessons most people ignore today. In this episode, we’ll explore some of Franklin’s best wisdom that’s just as critical now as it was back then.

Path to Liberty: December 30, 2024

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Maharrey – Poor Richard’s Almanac: Benjamin Franklin’s Timeless Guide to Life, Liberty, and Frugality

Autobiography – Poor Richard’s Almanac And Other Activities

Extracts from the Gazette, 1732

Poor Richard’s 1733

Benjamin Franklin Historical Society

Lisa Morgan – The Prominent and Prodigiously Popular Poor Richard

The Frigate Bonhomme Richard

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The states are “duty bound to interpose.” That’s how James Madison put it in his Virginia Resolutions, passed Dec 21 and 24, 1798, against the Alien and Sedition acts. They answer a timeless question: What should be done when the federal government oversteps its constitutional bounds? In this episode, learn 6 essential principles that make up Madison’s plan to stop federal tyranny.

Path to Liberty: December 20, 2024

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Virginia Resolutions (21 Dec 1798)

John Dickinson – Fabius IV (19 Apr 1788)

Alexander Hamilton – Federalist 28 (28 Dec 1787)

Report of 1800 (7 Jan 1800)

John Jay: An Address to the People of the State of New York (15 Apr 1788)

Episode – Sovereignty and the Constitution: Government as Agent of the People of the States

George Washington – Farewell Address (19 Sept 1796)

James Wilson – Pennsylvania Ratifying Convention (26 Nov 1787)

Patrick Henry – Virginia Ratifying Convention (7 June 1788)

St. George Tucker – View of the Constitution of the United States (1803)

Alexander Hamilton – Letter to Theodore Sedgwick (2 Feb 1799)

John Dickinson – Letter to Thomas Jefferson (18 Mar 1800)

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One of the most influential Anti-Federalist essays against the Constitution didn’t come from a single writer. It came from a group of delegates at the Pennsylvania ratifying convention. Their warnings – about centralization of power, corruption, and more – might sound eerily familiar today. And make sure to stick around, because at the end, we’ll dive into what they considered federalist dirty tricks used to push the process through

Path to Liberty: December 18, 2024

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Ratification of the Constitution by the State of Pennsylvania; December 12, 1787

Pauline Maier – Ratification: The People Debate the Constitution, 1787-1788

The Debates In The Convention Of The State Of Pennsylvania, On The Adoption Of The Federal Constitution

The Dissent of the Minority of the Pennsylvania Convention, Pennsylvania Packet (18 Dec 1787)

Maharrey – Anti-Federalist Objections: Pennsylvania Dissent Explained

Episode – Anti-Federalist vs Federalist CLASH: Montesquieu and Separation of Powers

Episode – Was the Constitution Sold on a Lie? Shays’ Rebellion and Ratification

Tara Ross – James Wilson’s Speech

Concordia University – A Daily Journal for Sept 29, 1787

National Archives

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With those unforgettable words, Thomas Paine lit a fire in the hearts of patriots during one of the darkest moments of the American Revolution. First published on December 19, 1776, The American Crisis was more than just an essay – it was a rallying cry that turned despair into victory. And it was filled with timeless wisdom that we can all find inspiration from today.

Path to Liberty: December 16, 2024

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Thomas Paine – The American Crisis No. 1 (19 Dec 1776)

Thomas Paine – Letter to the Abbe Raynal (1782)

California Society, Sons of the American Revolution

George Washington – Letter to Lund Washington (10-17 Dec 1776)

Thomas Paine – Letter to Samuel Adams (1 Jan 1803)

Boldin – These are the Times that Try Men’s Souls

John Dickinson – The Liberty Song (1768)

Jett Connor – The American Crisis Before Crossing the Delaware?

Jett Connor – A Brief Publication History of the “Times That Try Men’s Souls”

Travis Shaw – American Battlefield Trust

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The natural right of self defence is one of our most essential rights, part of the first law of nature. But that hasn’t stopped governments from violating it. So the founders told us over and over that it’s up to us – the people of the states – to protect and defend our own constitution and our own liberty – whether the government likes it, or not. In this episode, we’re applying their principles and strategy to protect and defend the 2nd Amendment from federal violations.

Path to Liberty: December 13, 2024

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St. George Tucker – View of the Constitution of the United States (1803)

James Wilson – Lectures on Law

James Iredell – North Carolina Ratifying Convention (30 Jul 1788)

Alexander Hamilton – Federalist 33 (3 Jan 1788)

James Iredell- North Carolina Ratifying Convention (28 Jul 1788)

Thomas Jefferson – Letter to Philip Mazzei (24 Apr 1796)

Thomas Paine – Rights of Man, Part II (1792)

James Otis, Jr – Freeborn American (27 Apr 1767)

John Dickinson – Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania XI (1767)

Theophilus Parsons – Massachusetts Ratifying Convention (23 Jan 1788)

John Steele – North Carolina Ratifying Convention (25 Jul 1788)

James Madison – Federalist 46 (29 Jan 1788)

Roger Sherman (8 Dec 1787)

James Otis, Jr (11 Jan 1762)

Samuel Adams – Candidus, Boston Gazette (14 Oct 1771)

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“Tyrants care nothing for discussions that are to end only in discussion.” Lysander Spooner didn’t pull any punches. He knew that words without action were meaningless in the fight against tyranny. In this episode, we’ll dive into some of his most radical and powerful takes on the Constitution – his ideas matter now more than ever.

Path to Liberty: December 11, 2024

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Lysander Spooner – No Treason VI, The Constitution of No Authority (1870)

Episode – Constitution: The Founders on the Limits of Parchment Barriers

A Defence for Fugitive Slaves (1850)

Essay on the Trial by Jury (1852)

Episode – Jury Nullification: The People’s Secret Weapon Against Tyranny

Forced Consent (1873)

Address of the Free Constitutionalists to the People of the United States (1860)

Episode – John Locke vs Lysander Spooner: Consent of the Governed

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Liberty is doomed where power is united – consolidated in the same hands. That’s the warning Montesquieu gave us about separation of powers. This was one of the biggest battles between Federalists and Anti-Federalists But here’s the twist: both sides used the exact same words to support opposite arguments. In this episode, we’re diving into this critical debate over the ideas of the most-cited political writer of the ratification debates

Path to Liberty: December 9, 2024

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Natelson – The ideas that formed the Constitution: Montesquieu

Paul Merrill Spurlin – Montesquieu and the American Constitution

Center for the Study of the American Constitution

The Spirit of Laws, Vol. 1, Book XI – Of the Laws that form political Liberty, with regard to the Constitution

James Madison – Political Observations (20 Apr 1795)

Constitution of Virginia (1776)

Constitution of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts (1780)

Boldin – Separation of Powers: A “Dogmatic Maxim” in the Constitution

Richard Peters – Letter to John Adams (15 June 1789)

Separation of Powers with Checks and Balances

Richard Henry Lee – Letter to Gov. Edmund Randolph (16 Oct 1787)

Centinel II (24 Oct 1787)

The Dissent of the Minority of the Pennsylvania Convention (18 Dec 1787)

Impartial Examiner IV (11 June 1788)

Maharrey – George Mason’s Anti-Federalist Arguments Against the Constitution

John C. Pinheiro – How the Founders Read Montesquieu

James Madison – Federalist 47 (1 Feb 1788)

William Davie – North Carolina Ratifying Convention (28 July 1788)

James Wilson – Pennsylvania Ratifying Convention (4 Dec 1787)

Episode – The Other 16th Amendment: Separation of Powers

William Reddinger – John Dickinson and the Moderation of Constitutional Balance in The Letters of Fabius

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Rights don’t come from a constitution, a bill of rights, or any document at all. Your natural rights – come from your creator – and you have them by the nature of your humanity. Even civil rights – are built on the foundation of natural rights. These were widely-held views from the founders and old revolutionaries.

Path to Liberty: December 6, 2024

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Declaration of Independence (4 July 1776)

Virginia Declaration of Rights (12 June 1776)

Thomas Paine – Rights of Man, Part II (1792)

John Dickinson – An address to the Committee of Correspondence in Barbados (1766)

Thomas Jefferson – Letter to Henry Lee (8 May 1825)

Alexander Hamilton – The Farmer Refuted, &c. (23 Feb 1775)

Thomas Jefferson – Letter to Mason Locke Weems (13 Dec 1804)

Episode – Thomas Jefferson’s Favorite Book on Government?

Francis Hutcheson – An Inquiry into the Original of Our Ideas of Beauty and Virtue (1726)

Episode – Jefferson’s Trinity

Thomas Paine – Rights of Man, Part I (1791)

Samuel Adams – The Rights of the Colonists (20 Nov 1772)

Episode – Everyone Armed to Preserve Liberty

James Otis, Jr – The Rights of the British Colonies Asserted and Proved (1764)

John Jay – Letter to J.C. Dongan (7 Feb 1792)

Luther Martin – Philadelphia Convention (27-28 June 1787)

Theophilus Parsons – Massachusetts Ratifying Convention (5 Feb 1788)

Thomas Paine – Letter to Thomas Jefferson (1788)

James Madison – Speech Proposing Amendments to the Constitution (8 June 1789)

Thomas Paine – Dissertation on the First Principles of Government (1795)

Thomas Jefferson – A Summary View of the Rights of British America (July 1774)

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Division of power, precedent, the right to resist, and more – essential – and totally forgotten – principles that fueled the American Revolution. They’re all drawn from John Dickinson’s 1767 Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania. Totally forgotten and ignored today, but they were the most widely-read writings on American liberty prior to the War for Independence.

Path to Liberty: December 4, 2024

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Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania (full text)

Maharrey – Forgotten Foundation of the Revolution: Letters from a Farmer

Letter 12

Montesquieu – The Spirit of Law Chap. XIII

Letter 4

Declaration of Rights and Resolves – Resolutions of the Stamp Act Congress (19 Oct 1765)

Letter 2

Letter 6

Letter 7

Letter 11

Letter 9

Letter 12

Letter 11

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