THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE AND THE DEBATE OVER SLAVERY
When Thomas Jefferson included a passage attacking slavery in his draft of the Declaration of Independence it initiated the most intense debate among the delegates gathered at Phi
A question for those who oppose Term Limits for our politicians; How do you feel about not paying them a salary? How long do you think they would remain in office under those circumstances? I fear Benjamin Franklin's concerns regarding a "salaried
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The Virginia Company was the first corporation to operate in what is now the United States. It was the Virginia Company's desire to secure the greatest profits that motivated them to introduce slavery to North American.
King James granted the char
The bankers who loan the money to finance the government are the beneficiary of debt. The government that borrow money from the bankers become debtors and the people become perpetual debt slaves. Hamilton represented the best interests of the bankers
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My Fellow Countrymen,
I am greatly saddened to see what has happened to the gift that we gave you so many years ago. We sacrificed so much to provide you with the blessings of liberty. Many of my friends lost their homes, their fortunes and some of t
Read more…Thomas Jefferson - THE MAKING OF AMERICA, p. 395
"...And to preserve their independence, we must not let our rulers load us with perpetual debt. We must make our election between economy and liberty or profusion and servitude. If we run into such d
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The population of the state of New York in 1790 was approximately 340,000. The state consists of about 30 million acres and in 1787, the 12 wealthiest families owned approximately 75% of all of the land.
The rich white men who owned practically
Read more…We consider this to be one of the most valuable letters ever written. If there is any hope for the reformation of governments, here and elsewhere, it needs to be studied. We have taken the liberty of publishing in red passages we feel to be particula
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Thomas Jefferson's
On the Resurrection of Jesus
What really was Thomas Jefferson and why is one of the most scholarly and well-read founding fathers such a mysterious character when it comes to Christianity? Why is he (and a few others like Franklin
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The 38 signers of the U.S. Constitution were delegates from the original states who gathered several times and in several places, first draft
Read more…George Washington was Not a Conservative
A Conservative is an individual who desires to preserve or maintain the status quo.
George Washington, Thomas Jefferson. James Madison and the men who wrote our Constitution were Classical Liberals.
Those that
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My Fellow Countrymen,
I am greatly saddened to see what has happened to the gift that we gave you so many years ago. We sacrificed so much to provide you with the blessings of liberty. Many of my friends lost their homes, their fortunes and some of
Read more…Dangers of a Salaried Bureaucracy
IT IS with reluctance that I rise to express a disapprobation of any one article of the plan for which we are so much obliged to the honorable gentlemen who laid it before us. From its f |
