John Hancock on how to defeat government programs. Here, in a letter to his London Agent just weeks before the Stamp Act was set to go into effect - he summed up the spirit of resistance of the time. Something that's needed more than ever today. #resist #founders #liberty #libertarian #nullify

In his Second Treatise of Civil Government, eminent political philosopher John Locke argued that when all other political and individual methods of resisting tyranny are exhausted, only an “appeal to heaven” remains. In Chapter 14 of the famous work, Locke explained that his...See more

Benjamin Franklin warned us about executive power. "The first man put at the helm will be a good one. Nobody knows what sort may come afterwards. The Executive will be always increasing here, as elsewhere, till it ends in a monarchy." -Debates in the Philadelphia Convention (4 June 1787) #founders #constitution #libertarian #10thAmendment #benjaminfranklin