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In a letter to Benjamin Rush, Thomas Jefferson told him of his “trinity of the three greatest men the world had ever produced.” Bacon, Newton and Locke.

Path to Liberty: November 8, 2023

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Thomas Jefferson to Benjamin Rush (16 Jan 1811)

Paintings in Jefferson’s Parlor

Wiki: Age of Enlightenment

Wiki: Sir Francis Bacon

Benjamin Franklin – Poor Richard Improved (1749)

Monticello – Knowledge is Power

Thomas Jefferson to George Ticknor (25 Nov 1817)

Thomas Jefferson to Joseph C. Cabell (25 Dec 1820)

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

Liberty Fund: Francis Bacon

The Ideas that Formed the Constitution: Sir Isaac Newton

Madison Debates (7 June 1787)

The Ideas that Formed the Constitution: John Locke and the Ninth Amendment

John Locke’s Case Against Absolute Rule

Episode – Illegitimate Government: John Locke on Tyranny

John Locke’s Appeal to Heaven: Its Continuing Relevance

Locke: Two Treatises – Chapter 17 S 225

John Locke and the Declaration of Independence

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Alexander Hamilton wanted a central government with unlimited power. And although he didn’t get it on paper, he still pushed for it in other ways after ratification. As a result, today we live under the largest government in history.

Path to Liberty: November 6, 2023

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The Hamilton Plan of Government (18 June 1788)

Thomas Paine – Letter to the Abbe Raynal (1792)

James Madison – The Report of 1800 (7 Jan 1800)

Declaration and Resolves of the First Continental Congress (1774)

Declaration of the Causes and Necessity of Taking up Arms (1775)

Declaration of Independence (1776)

Hamilton – A Full Vindication of the Measures of Congress (15 Dec 1774)

Thomas Jefferson – Letter to George Washington (9 Sept 1792)

The Supremacy Clause Resource Page

Centinel No. V (4 Dec 1787)

Thomas Jefferson – Kentucky Resolutions of 1798

Alexander Hamilton’s “Implied Powers” Wrecked the Constitution

Hamilton’s Opinion as to the Constitutionality of the Bank of the United States (1791)

Episode – Ten Thousand Implied Powers: Patrick Henry’s Final Antifederalist Speech

James Madison to Spencer Roane (2 Sept 1819)

Episode – Necessary is Supposed to Mean Necessary

Episode – Alexander Hamilton’s Craziest Plan

Maharrey: The Seeds of Nullification

Federalist 16 (4 Dec 1787)

Episode – The Seeds of Nullification: A Lesson from the Articles of Confederation

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You thought a national bank, implied powers, the whiskey tax, and redefining necessary as convenient was bad enough? Wait till you hear what Hamilton really wanted to do.

Path to Liberty, Fast Friday Edition: November 3, 2023

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The Founders and the Constitution: Alexander Hamilton

Alexander Hamilton, June 18, 1787, Proposals for United States Constitutional Convention

June 16, 1787: Comparing the Plans

Madison Debates: June 18. 1787

The Hamilton Plan

Plan of Government – LOC (18 June 1787)

Thomas Paine – American Crisis (1776)

John Hancock – Massacre Day Oration (5 Mar 1774)

Thomas Jefferson – Letter to George Washington (9 Sept 1792)

Thomas Jefferson to Benjamin Rush (16 Jan 1811)

Additional reference links on Hamilton

How the National Bank Destroyed the Limits of Constitution

Episode – Hamilton’s Worst Flip Flop

Episode – George Washington and the Whiskey Rebellion

Episode – Necessary is Supposed to mean Necessary

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Deficits and the national debt have been growing for so long that most people just shrug when we talk about them. They seem to think that the government can just keep kicking the can down the road. But every road comes to an end.

Path to Liberty: November 1, 2023

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Maharrey – Fiscal 2023 Federal Budget Deficit Third-Largest Ever

James Madison – Letter to Henry Lee (13 Apr 1790)

Peter Schiff: A Crisis Is Already Playing Out Under the Radar

Wall Street Silver – Doom Loop

George Washington – Fifth Annual Message to Congress (3 Dec 1793)

SchiffGold – Record Borrowing on the Way

Daniel Lacalle – Mounting Deficits Mark the US’s Road to Ruin

Brutus VIII (10 Jan 1788)

Roll Call – $80 Billion for the IRS

James Madison – Political Observations (20 Apr 1795)

A Ticking Time Bomb: National Debt Quietly Surges Above $33 Trillion

Does Government Debt Matter?

Thomas Jefferson – Letter to George Washington (9 Sept 1792)

Lysander Spooner – No Treason VI

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For many leading founders – from Thomas Jefferson to Samuel Adams – one amendment was not only the “foundation of the constitution,” but also “the Palladium of the private, and personal rights of the Citizens.”

Path to Liberty, Fast Friday Edition: October 27, 2023

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Thomas Jefferson – Opinion on the Constitutionality of a National Bank (15 Feb 1791)

John Jay – A Citizen of New York (1788)

Patrick Henry – Virginia Ratifying Convention (5 June 1788)

Patrick Henry – Virginia Ratifying Convention (7 June 1788)

Episode – Strike the Root: Consolidation

Consolidation and the Destruction of Liberty

John Taylor of Caroline – Construction Construed and Constitutions Vindicated (1820)

Massachusetts Ratification (6 Feb 1788)

Samuel Adams – Letter to Elbridge Gerry (22 Aug 1789)

Samuel Adams – Letter to Richard Henry Lee (24 Aug 1789)

New York Ratification (26 July 1788)

Virginia Ratification (26 June 1788)

South Carolina Ratification (23 May 1788)

James Wilson – Pennsylvania Ratifying Convention (28 Nov 1787)

Samuel Adams – Massachusetts Ratifying Convention (1 Feb 1788)

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October 26, 2001 – We’re still grappling with the blowback that comes with allowing freedom to be eviscerated in exchange for the false promise of “security”

Path to Liberty: October 25, 2023

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Andrew Napolitano: Neither Liberty nor Safety

John Whitehead: 22 Years of Blowback from the USA Patriot Act

Benjamin Franklin – Reply to the Governor (11 Nov 1755)

EPIC – Patriot Act Overview

Sharon Bradford Franklin – Rethinking Surveillance

Marcy Wheeler – Section 215 CDR

William Binney – The executive order that led to mass spying, as told by NSA alumni

EFF – NSA Surveillance Under Section 702

EFF – ‘Incidental,’ Not Accidental, Collection

Episode – Like a Cancer: Warrantless Surveillance under Section 702

John Whitehead: Who Will Protect Us from an Unpatriotic Patriot Act?

Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act

Episode – Patriot Act on Steroids: Surveillance State Beyond Section 215

How Patriot Act Affects Financial Institutions?

Thomas Paine – Rights of Man Part II (1792)

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For James Madison, the people of the several states were both the source of all power – and thus the ultimate solution to usurpations – but at the same time, the source of many of the problems due to the tendency towards factions – ultimately leading to the majority trampling on the rights of the minority.

Path to Liberty: October 23, 2023

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Philadelphia Convention (31 Aug 1787)

Virginia Declaration of Rights (1776)

Speech Introducing Amendments to the Constitution (8 June 1789)

Declaration of Independence

Letter to Thomas Jefferson (19 Mar 1787)

Virginia Ratifying Convention (6 June 1788)

Virginia Ratifying Convention (11 June 1788)

Federalist 46 (29 Jan 1788)

Virginia Resolutions (21-23 Dec 1798)

Report of 1800 (7 Jan 1800)

Maharrey: The Power of Factions

Federalist 10 (23 Nov 1787)

Federalist 50 (5 Jan 1788)

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The largest government in history is not even remotely close to the system the founders set up under the Constitution. Things didn’t get like this overnight – and there’s a root cause for why it’ll keep getting worse. Understanding it is to also understand the solution.

Path to Liberty, Fast Friday Edition: October 20, 2023

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James Madison – Federalist 45

Alexander Hamilton – New York Ratifying Convention (28 June 1788)

Thomas Jefferson – Opinion on the Constitutionality of a National Bank (15 Feb 1791)

Maharrey: The Biggest, Most Powerful Government in the History of the World

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

James Otis – Freeborn American (27 Apr 1767)

John Dickinson – Broadside against the Stamp Act (1765)

John Adams – Novanglus III (6 Feb 1775)

James Iredell – North Carolina Ratifying Convention (29 July 1788)

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Thanks to a growing number of unconstitutional federal programs, local law enforcement in almost every jurisdiction has been drawn in as tools of a national police state the founders would’ve despised. But states aren’t required to participate, even under modern precedent. Here are 5 big areas where they can simply opt out and help bring this unconstitutional national police state to an end.

Path to Liberty: October 18, 2023

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James Madison – Letter to Thomas Jefferson (13 May 1798)

John Whitehead – America’s Crisis State Goes Global

John Whitehead – The Cost of the Nation’s Endless Wars

John Whitehead – 20 Years of Government-Sponsored Tyranny

Episode – Militarized Federal Agencies: The Other Standing Army?

Episode – Top-4 Ways the Feds Nationalize and Militarize Local Police

Episode – Nullify the Federal “Equitable Sharing” Asset Forfeiture Program

Maharrey – Joint Law Enforcement Task Forces are Creating a National Police State

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Understanding nullification – what it is and what needs to be done – is far easier when you have a good understanding of these foundational principles underlying it.

Path to Liberty: October 16, 2023

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George Mason – Remarks on Annual Elections for the Fairfax Independent Company (Apr 1775)

Robert Livingston – New York Ratifying Convention (19 June 1788)

Mercy Otis Warren – Observations on the New Constitution (1788)

Free book – Tenth Amendment: Power from the People

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

“Lighthorse” Harry Lee – Virginia Ratifying Convention (9 June 1788)

John Jay – A Citizen of New York (Apr 1788)

Thomas Jefferson – Opinion on the Constitutionality of the National Bank (15 Feb 1791)

James Otis, Jr. – Speech Against the Writs of Assistance (24 Feb 1761)

Oliver Ellsworth – Connecticut Ratifying Convention (7 Jan 1788)

Thomas Jefferson – Kentucky Resolutions (10 Nov 1798)

James Madison – Federalist 48 (1 Feb 1788)

John Dickinson – Fabius IV (19 Apr 1788)

Roger Sherman – A Countryman II (22 Nov 1787)

James Wilson – Pennsylvania Ratifying Convention (24 Nov 1787)

James Madison – Federalist 49 (2 Feb 1788)

Thomas Jefferson’s Fair Copy (4 Oct 1798)

Alexander Hamilton – Federalist 33 (3 Jan 1788)

George Washington – Circular to the States (8 June 1783)

James Otis, Jr. (11 Jan 1762)

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