Does it really matter if the instrument curtailing liberty is a monarch or a popularly elected legislature? This conundrum, along with the witty version of it put to a Boston crowd in 1775 by the little-known colonial-era preacher with the famous uncle — Cotton Mather — addresses the age-old question of whether liberty can long survive in a democracy.
https://tenthamendmentcenter.com/2022/07/16/tyranny-of-the-majority/
On this date in 1744, Elbridge Gerry was born. Gerry was an American revolutionary, and a signer of the Declaration of Independence and the Articles of Confederation. He was also a member of the Philadelphia Convention that drafted the Constitution but refused to sign the document and campaigned against its ratification.
Gerry later served as James Madison’s vice president and died while in office.
https://blog.tenthamendmentcenter.com/2022/07/today-in-history-elbridge-gerry-born/
Does it really matter if the instrument curtailing liberty is a monarch or a popularly elected legislature? This conundrum, along with the witty version of it put to a Boston crowd in 1775 by the little-known colonial-era preacher with the famous uncle — Cotton Mather — addresses the age-old question of whether liberty can long survive in a democracy.
https://tenthamendmentcenter.com/2022/07/16/tyranny-of-the-majority/
On this date in 1744, Elbridge Gerry was born. Gerry was an American revolutionary, and a signer of the Declaration of Independence and the Articles of Confederation. He was also a member of the Philadelphia Convention that drafted the Constitution but refused to sign the document and campaigned against its ratification.
Gerry later served as James Madison’s vice president and died while in office.
https://blog.tenthamendmentcenter.com/2022/07/today-in-history-elbridge-gerry-born/
