What you are about to read was written just 52 years ago by Russell Kirk in response to the lack of understanding exhibited by American’s during the Korean war of the founding principles of our system of government. What Kirk has done in his excellent book, The American Cause, is lay out the vital principles [...]
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There Is Little Understanding of American Political History and Philosophy
Posted in Economics 101 Also tagged Free-Market Economy, Korean War, Political Freedom, The American Cause 1 Comment
Three Cardinal Ideas of Western Politics
by Russell Kirk Now in the political beliefs of what we call “Christian civilization” or “Western civilization” – of which American civilization is a part – there are three cardinal ideas: the idea of justice, the idea of order, and the idea of freedom. These three great concepts are the cement of American society. These [...]
Posted in Freedom Philosophy Also tagged Christian Civilization, Freedom, Greeks, Intercollegiate Studies Institute, Justice, Order, Romans, Western Civilization 1 Comment
“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 [...]
“In God’s Name, I Beg of You to Think.”
There are times that you come upon a gem, like the following three paragraphs by Russell Kirk, written in his book, “The American Cause.” The title of this section in chapter one is, “Ideology and Ignorance.” It has been our contention, at For Freedom’s Sake, that folks need to take more time to think deeply [...]
Posted in Freedom Philosophy Also tagged First Principles, Ideology, Ignorance, Nazism, Sovieet Communism, The American Cause 4 Comments
