It is the greatest absurdity to suppose it [would be] in the power of one, or any number of men, at the entering into society, to renounce their essential natural rights, or the means of preserving those rights; when the grand end of civil government, from the very nature of its institution, is for the support, protection, and defense of those very rights; the principal of which ... are life, liberty, and property. If men, through fear, fraud, or mistake, should in terms renounce or give up any essential natural right, the eternal law of reason and the grand end of society would absolutely vacate such renunciation. The right to freedom being the gift of God Almighty, it is not in the power of man to alienate this gift and voluntarily become a slave.
–Samuel Adams
HORNBERGER'S BLOG
December 5, 2024 Trump's "National Emergency" and Yoon Suk Yeol's Martial Law
There is an important thing to note about South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol’s recent declaration of martial law: It’s really no different in principle from President-elect Trump’s plans to declare a “national emergency.” The only difference is the extent of power. Yoon Suk Yeol’s martial-law declaration, much like Hitler’s Enabling Act, enabled him to ignore the nation’s constitution and the South Korean ...
The Evil of Property Taxes by Laurence M. Vance
There were more than 140 ballot measures in 41 states during the election last month. While all eyes were on the ballot measures relating ...
We Need Your End of Year Support!
by Jacob G. Hornberger
With the presidential election now over, it is time to return to business — the achievement of a genuinely free society. It is our ...
Immigration, Drugs, Guns, and Interventionism
by Jacob Hornberger
The welfare-warfare state way of life under which Americans have been born and raised has created a highly dysfunctional society, one in which the ...
Prostitution and a Free Society by Laurence M. Vance
Libertarianism is based on the timeless principles of individual liberty, commercial freedom, property rights, and a government strictly limited to the protection of these ...
