This term in its particular application means “that dominion which one man claims and exercises over the external things of the world, in exclusion of every other individual.” In its larger and juster meaning, it embraces every thing to which a man may attach a value and have a right; and which leaves to every [...]
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James Madison on Property, 1792.
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“Bind Him Down from Mischief by the Chains of the Constitution”
“ In questions of power, let no more be heard of confidence in man, but bind him down from mischief by the chains of the Constitution.” Thomas Jefferson For those of us who love individual liberty, free-markets and limited government, we face each day, burdened, with more news of the march toward socialism and the [...]
Posted in Constitutional Government, Limited Government Also tagged limited government, Russell Kirk, Seperation of Powers, Socialism, The American Cause 8 Comments
Interpreting the U. S. Constitution…What Did the Framers Intend?
Robert G. Natelson Professor of Law, David Mason Scholar The University of Montana School of Law The U. S. Constitution is the cornerstone of freedom in American which binds our government to the philosophical ideals spelled out in The Declaration of Independence as these self-evident truths, “…that all men are created equal, that they are [...]
