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Michael Boldin 
September 16, 1774: Paul Revere galloped into Philadelphia with urgent business from Boston: a document that laid out a blueprint for total resistance. If the Continental Congress adopted it, secession from the British Empire would be unavoidable. The very next day, after a round of wild applause, they did just that. This is the story … Read more
Millions of people today refer to their rights by amendment number, as if they get them from the Bill of Rights. They talk about their “2nd Amendment rights,” but they have it completely backward. The founders didn’t write the words as a permission slip for the people. They aren’t a “gun permit.” They are a restraining order … Read more
Benjamin Franklin’s Forgotten Warning “Charity is no part of the legislative duty of the government.” That was James Madison, explaining that the modern federal welfare state is not authorized by the Constitution. Despite that, politicians today still insist that these programs aren’t just authorized; they’re also absolutely necessary to help people. But they ignore the … Read more
The British Gun Grab that Led to the War for Independence Despite the fact that it proved to be mostly a false alarm, the “Powder Alarm” of Sept 1-2, 1774 showed the colonists that the British were serious – and willing to use gun control efforts to subjugate them. Sounds familiar, doesn’t it? The event … Read more
“Evil is turned into Good, and Good into Evil” Written almost 300 years ago, Thomas Gordon warned us about political parties being little more than cults that promise to protect your country – while really killing it. It was so prophetic that it sounds like it was written today. THE INVERSION Writing in 1744, Gordon … Read more
By the principles of the American revolution, arbitrary power may, and ought to, be resisted.” Luther Martin and the rest of the founders not only TOLD us how to deal with unconstitutional power. Throughout the American Revolution, they SHOWED us what actually works. Enforcing the Constitution can be broken down into six almost completely-ignored steps … Read more
“It is a very great mistake to imagine that the Object of Loyalty is the Authority and Interest of one individual Man.” Decades before the Declaration of Independence, Samuel Adams understood the foundation of what became the American Revolution. It was a complete rejection of the ancient mode of humanity – allegiance to a person, … Read more
“In all free states the constitution is fixed.” Samuel Adams and James Otis Jr. -.along with the rest of the founders and old revolutionaries – knew that freedom cannot exist with a government that doesn’t have strict rules. A clear line in the sand that it’s not allowed to cross. In other words – when … Read more
Five Weapons. One Target: Your Freedom. Washington, Webster, Paine, Madison, and more – they saw every one of them coming and warned us, but “we the people” didn’t listen. TOTAL TYRANNY Starting with the end-game, St. George Tucker warned us about the one-two punch – the holy grail of tyranny. “Wherever standing armies are kept … Read more
“When once a republic is corrupted, there is no possibility of remedying any of the growing evils, but by removing the corruption and restoring its lost principles.”-Montesquieu These United States of America were built on strong first principles – many of which were included in the Declaration of Independence. The foundation of all the rest? … Read more
“Like a cancer” America was built on a foundation that constitutional violations are a deadly disease. Give government an inch – and they’ll take a few thousand miles, and never stop. And before too long, it’ll get to a place where it’s no longer a Republic, but a long, slow coup. Or, as the Declaration … Read more
Unconditional submission” or “resistance by force.” Thomas Jefferson, John Dickinson, and the Second Continental Congress said those were their two terrible options less than three months after the battles of Lexington and Concord and the “shot heard ‘round the world.” This is the story of the forgotten declaration in which they explained why they fought back. THE … Read more
For transporting us beyond seas, to be tried for pretended offences.” From the Declaration of Independence, one of the charges against the King that justified secession. It was built on a violent American raid on a British ship years earlier that few of us are ever taught about. In the early hours of June 10, … Read more
“It is in the Interest of Tyrants to reduce the People to Ignorance and Vice.” Samuel Adams warned us – tyranny is built on people who lack knowledge and strong morals. That’s because he knew freedom is built on the opposite foundation. “For they cannot live in any Country where Virtue and Knowledge prevail.” He … Read more
We’re surrounded by redcoats. They might not be part of King George’s military, but their mindset, what they support, and what they’re willing to impose, is everywhere. The founders didn’t just fight an army. They fought a long, bloody war to secede from a system built on a set of views they considered as a … Read more
“RESIST THEM” American Independence was built on the understanding that compliance with arbitrary power isn’t safety – or peace. It’s surrender. That’s an essential, but long-forgotten foundation of the American Revolution: Laws made outside the limits of the Constitution aren’t law at all. And they should be treated that way, too. LIMITS The starting point? … Read more
Alter or abolish. Despite those words in the Declaration of Independence, the establishment would have you believe that any effort to resist their power is anti-American. But they have it backward. Under the founders’ framework, the right to “provide new guards” is a right that can also rise to the level of duty. FOUNDATION The … Read more
Think the American Revolution was just about taxes, tea parties, and representation? Think again. The real conflict wasn’t about a few policies. It was about power – a British claim to unlimited, centralized power “in all cases whatsoever.” James Madison later called this the “fundamental principle” on which independence itself was declared. And he was far … Read more
“Act worthy of yourselves.”That’s how the great patriot and Revolutionary War hero Dr. Joseph Warren urged the people to commemorate the Boston Massacre, which happened today in history – March 5, 1770. In the face of a standing army occupier – and direct threats to his own life – Warren pressed the people to stand … Read more
Nullification is THE rightful remedy for all unconstitutional acts – usurpations of power. Understanding the five core principles that make up its foundation is essential to getting back on the path to the Constitution and liberty. 1. POWER FROM THE PEOPLE Government is merely their agent. This foundational principle of the American system is simple … Read more