Path to Liberty

The first step to tyranny is always the same: silence your opposition. Once they take your voice, everything else comes easy. That’s exactly what the British Empire did throughout the American Revolution. Using seditious libel as their legal foundation, they repeatedly attacked the rights to speak, print, and assemble. On this episode, we expose how what we now call cancel culture was nothing new. The Founders lived under it. And they fought back.

Path to Liberty: May 14, 2025

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Thomas Gordon – Cato’s Letters No. 15 (4 Feb 1721)

John Trenchard – Cato’s Letters No 100 (27 Oct 1722)

Cornell Law – star chamber proceedings

Donald A. Dripps – The “Cruel and Unusual” Legacy of the Star Chamber

1641: The Act for the Abolition of the Court of Star Chamber

Episode – Martyr for Liberty: Algernon Sidney and the American Revolution

New York Restraining Act (5 June 1767)

John Dickinson – Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania No. 1 (1767)

Massachusetts Circular Letter (11 Feb 1768)

From the Earl of Hillsborough (22 Apr 1768)

JL Bell – The Vote on the Circular Letter at Last

Gov. Bernard – Letter to Lord Hillsborough (June 1768)

Paul Revere – Sons of Liberty Bowl (1768)

Lord Hillsborough – Circular Letter to the Governors in America (21 Apr 1768)

Maharrey – Virginia Association of 1769: A Step Toward Continental Unity

George Washington – Diary (17 May 1769)

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

WBUR: Isaiah Thomas snuck his printing press out of Boston.

American Antiquarian Society – John Hancock performs his patriotic duty

Massachusetts Spy (3 May 1775)

Gerald Holland – The Seizure of the Virginia Gazette, or Norfolk Intelligencer

Lord Dumore – Letter to Lord Hillsborough, Naval Docs Vol 2 (5 Oct 1775)

The public reaction to John Dickinson’s Farmer’s letters

Remembering John Dickinson: “One of the great worthies of the revolution”

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It wasn’t about tea. It was about power – the principle that Parliament could tax the colonies without consent. Even a “trifling sum” meant surrender. The Tea Act was a trap, a test of obedience. And the Revolutionaries chose resistance. On this episode, we break the lie wide open: cheaper tea wasn’t peace – it was submission. And they refused to drink it.

Path to Liberty: May 9, 2025

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Alexander Hamilton – A Full Vindication of the Measures of the Congress, &c. (15 Dec 1774)

Tea Act: History.com

Episode – The Forgotten Law That Caused the American Revolution

JL Bell – Why all the Fuss over Tea?

David Ramsay – The History of the American Revolution, vol. 1 (1789)

Benjamin Franklin – Letter to William Franklin (14 Feb 1773)

Tea Act Transcription

The Works of Benjamin Franklin, Vol. VI

John Dickinson – Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania No. VII (1767)

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

Benjamin Franklin – Letter to Thomas Cushing (4 June 1773)

George Washington – Letter to Bryan Fairfax (20 July 1774)

Resolutions Of The Town Of Boston (5 Nov 1773)

Benjamin Rush – Hamden, Pennsylvania Journal (20 Oct 1773)

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WHO ARE A FREE PEOPLE? Freedom doesn’t come from good intentions or survival by luck – it depends on a government so tightly checked that any unconstitutional step meets instant resistance. Not later. Right now. That’s the difference between real liberty and servitude with nicer packaging.

Path to Liberty: May 7, 2025

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John Dickinson – Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania No. VII (1767)

John Trenchard – Cato’s Letters No. 115 (9 Feb 1723)

Montesquieu – The Spirit of Laws (1748)

Thomas Gordon – Cato’s Letters No. 33 (17 June 1721)

Roger Sherman – A Countryman II (22 Nov 1787)

Jean-Jacques Burlamaqui – The Principles of Natural and Politic Law (1747)

John Locke – Two Treatises on Civil Government (1689)

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

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

John Dickinson – Fabius IV (19 Apr 1788)

Thomas Jefferson – Kentucky Resolutions (16 Nov 1798)

James Iredell – North Carolina Ratifying Convention (28 July 1788)

Episode – How to Enforce the Constitution: Whether the Government Likes it or Not

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

Jean Louis De Lolme – The Constitution of England; Or, an Account of the English Government (1771)

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Going from the largest government in history to a real land of the free won’t be quick or easy. The Founders and old Revolutionaries told us the truth: there is no silver bullet. Liberty demands effort, dedication, fortitude, and perseverance. In this episode, you’ll hear from Jefferson, Adams, Otis, Paine, and others on the courage it takes to move from tyranny to liberty.

Path to Liberty: May 2, 2025

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Thomas Paine – The Crisis No. IV (13 Sept 1777)

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

Montesquieu – The Spirit of Laws (1748)

Benjamin Franklin – Plain Truth (17 Nov 1747)

Joseph Hawley – Letter to John Adams (25 July 1774)

Thomas Gordon – Cato’s Letters No. 62 (20 Jan 1722)

Cicero – On Moral Duties (44 BC)

Samuel Adams – Candidus, Boston Gazette (9 Dec 1771)

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

Algernon Sidney – Discourses Concerning Government (1680)

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

Thomas Paine – Rights of Man, Part the Second (1792)

Joseph Warren – Massacre Day Oration (6 Mar 1775)

Patrick Henry – Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death (23 Mar 1775)

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

John Hancock – Massacre Day Oration (5 Mar 1774)

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Politics is the science of fraud – and politicians are its professors. Richard Henry Lee wasn’t warning about a few bad apples; he was calling out the entire system. In this episode, learn about three major ways that fraud has always defined politics, drawing straight from the Founders and the thinkers they studied. They saw it clearly: a system built on lies, fear, bribery, and corruption.

Path to Liberty: April 30, 2025

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John Dickinson – Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania No. VI (1767)

The Works of Tacitus, vol. 1 – Gordon’s Discourses, Annals (Books 1-3)

Machiavelli – The Prince (1532)

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

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

Jean Louis De Lolme – The Constitution of England; Or, an Account of the English Government (1771)

Thomas Gordon – Works of Sallust (1744)

Montesquieu – The Spirit of Laws (1748)

Algernon Sidney – Discourses Concerning Government (1680)

Benjamin Franklin – Philadelphia Convention (2 June 1787)

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

Richard Henry Lee – letter to Thomas Lee Shippen (21 Sept 1791)

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They call it “just this once.” But that’s how it always begins. One unconstitutional act becomes a precedent – and suddenly, lawless power becomes routine. From Tacitus to Paine, Dickinson to Washington, history has screamed the warning: precedent is how tyranny becomes law. In this episode, we trace the oldest trick in the tyrant’s playbook – and why free people must resist it before it’s too late.

Path to Liberty: April 25, 2025

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

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

Thomas Paine – Rights of Man Part the Second (1792)

John Dickinson – Broadside Against the Stamp act (1765)

Algernon Sidney – Discourses Concerning Government (1680)

Thomas Gordon – Works of Sallust (1744)

Niccolo Machiavelli – Discourses on Livy (1531)

John Locke – Two Treatises of Civil Government (1698)

George Washington – Farewell Address (19 Sept 1796)

Tacitus – Annals, Book 11, Chapter 24 (AD 115-117)

John Dickinson – Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania No VI (1767)

Dickinson – Letter VII

Dickinson Letter IX

Dickinson Letter XI

Thomas Paine – Rights of Man Part the Second (1792)

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The Founders didn’t just fight tyranny – they defined exactly what it was: arbitrary power. In this episode, we dig into how they viewed it, why they saw it as the ultimate threat to liberty, and how it shaped everything from the Declaration of Independence to the creation of written constitutions. Drawing from Otis, Adams, Jefferson, Locke, and more, we break down the core principle behind the American Revolution – and why every step beyond the Constitution isn’t just wrong – it’s a lawless recipe for disaster.

Path to Liberty: April 23, 2025

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James Otis, Jr – Vindication of the Conduct of the House of Representatives of the Province of the Massachusetts-Bay (1762)

Harry Lee – Virginia Ratifying Convention (9 June 1788)

Jowett’s 1885 Translation of Aristotle – The Politics, Book V (4th century BC)

John Locke – Two Treatises of Civil Government (1689)

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

John Adams – Letter to William Tudor, Sr (29 Mar 1817)

Declaration and Resolves of the First Continental Congress (14 Oct 1774)

John Jay – Address to the People of Great Britain (21 Oct 1774)

Joseph Warren – Massacre Day Oration (6 Mar 1775)

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

Declaration of Independence (1776)

Thomas Jefferson – “Original Rough Draft” (11 June – 4 July 1776)

Thomas Paine – The Crisis No. III (25 Apr 1777)

John Dickinson – Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania No. XI (1767)

James Harrington – The Commonwealth of Oceana (1656)

Samuel Adams, James Otis, Jr. – Massachusetts Circular Letter (11 Feb 1768)

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

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

Luther Martin – Genuine Information (28 Dec 1787)

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They want you to think the War for Independence was about taxes. The truth? The fighting started with gun control. On April 19, 1775 – at Lexington and Concord – the patriots fought back against long-standing usurpations of power, now being enforced through an aggressive British disarmament campaign. This is the story they never teach in government-run schools.

Path to Liberty: April 18, 2025

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Maharrey – British Seizure of Gunpowder Leads to “Powder Alarm”

Episode – It was Gun Control: The Powder Alarm and the Road to Independence

TJ Martinell – How the British Gun Control Program Precipitated the American Revolution

Episode – Blueprint for Liberty: The Suffolk Resolves of 1774

Maharrey – Massachusetts Provincial Congress Defies Parliament

Declaration and Resolves of the First Continental Congress (14 Oct 1774)

Dave Kopel – How The British Gun Control Program Precipitated The American Revolution

Order of the King, in Council (19 Oct 1774)

Gen. Gage – Letter to Lord Dartmouth (15 Dec 1774)

GunCite – N.H. Gazette and Historical Chron. (13 Jan 1775)

The Joint Address of both Houses to the King on the Disturbances in North America (9 Feb 1775)

Lord Dartmouth – Letter to Gen. Gage (27 Jan 1775)

Declaration of the Causes and Necessity of Taking Up Arms (6 July 1775)

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More than a century before the 16th Amendment and the IRS, the Anti-Federalists warned that the Constitution’s taxing power would be used to bleed the people dry and consolidate power. Luther Martin, George Mason, Cato, and others saw it coming – unlimited taxation, oppressive enforcement, and economic subjugation. We ignored them. Now we live it.

Path to Liberty: April 16, 2025

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Articles of Confederation

Episode – Tax Battle! Henry vs Hamilton on the Requisition System

Patrick Henry – Speech in the Virginia Ratifying Convention (7 June 1788)

Boldin – Taxing Power: Luther Martin’s Anti-Federalist Warnings

Luther Martin – Genuine Information VI (15 Jan 1788)

Cato VI (13 Dec 1787)

Elbridge Gerry – Letter to James Warren (18 Oct 1787)

The Address and reasons of dissent of the minority of the convention, of the state of Pennsylvania (12 Dec 1787)

George Mason – Virginia Ratifying Convention (3 June 1788)

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James Madison called it absurd to say Congress may do whatever it wants under the general Welfare clause. But that’s exactly how politicians treat it today – as a blank check for nearly unlimited power. In this episode, you’ll learn the original meaning of the clause, as understood when the Constitution was ratified. You’ll also hear warnings from Madison and Thomas Jefferson about what would happen if that meaning was ignored – and how their predictions match the government we live under today.

Path to Liberty: April 9, 2025

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Constitution for the United States

Rob Natelson – The General Welfare Clause and the Public Trust: An Essay in Original Understanding

James Madison – Letter to James Robertson, Jr (20 Apr 1831)

Thomas Jefferson – Letter to Albert Gallatin (before 6 June 1817)

James Madison – Federalist 41 (19 Jan 1788)

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

James Madison – Speech in the House of Representatives (6 Feb 1792)

James Madison – Letter to Edmund Pendleton (21 Jan 1792)

James Madison – Speech on the Bank Bill (2 Feb 1791)

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