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Liberty requires virtue

From an essay in The Public Discourse by Robert R. Reilly, replying to an essay by Patrick Deneen, who claims that the Founders created a Hobbesian republic containing the individualistic, antinomian seeds of its own destruction. However, he fails to mention that Madison, like almost all of the Founders, makes...

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Posted by Michael Bates on October 17, 2017 12:55 AM

Independence Day 2015

Happy Independence Day! Take 10 minutes to listen to a reading of the Declaration of Independence, from the Monticello website, read by Thomas Jefferson Williamsburg re-enactor Bill Barker. founding.com has an annotated version of the Declaration of Independence, with links to explanations of the the specific historical context behind the...

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Posted by Michael Bates on July 4, 2015 1:57 PM

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