Tag Archives: The American Cause

There Is Little Understanding of American Political History and Philosophy

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 [...]

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American Exceptionalism, It’s What We Believe That Sets Us Apart

When the For Freedom’s Sake blog was launched one of the primary goals was to explore, rediscover and expound the underlying ideas and principles that informed the founders as they forged a new “American” government. Thus our Mission reads:
To examine the philosophical ideas and principles which were foundational to the beliefs of the Founders [...]

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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 [...]

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“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 [...]

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