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The Federalist No. 47 No political truth is certainly of greater intrinsic value, or is stamped with the authority of more enlightened patrons of liberty, than that on which the objection is founded. The accumulation of all powers, legislative, executive, and judiciary, in the same hands, whether of one, a few, or many, and whether hereditary, selfappointed, or elective, may justly be pronounced the very definition of tyranny.The Federalist No. 51 If men were angels, no government would be necessary. If angels were to govern men, neither external nor internal controls on government would be necessary. In framing a government which is to be administered by men over men, the great difficulty lies in this: you must first enable the government to control the governed; and in the next place oblige it to control itself.

My Interests

Politics, economics, philosophy, history, America, capitalism, freedom, liberty, independence.

I'd like to meet:

John Locke, George Washington, John Adams, James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, Frederick Douglass, Abraham Lincoln, Booker T. Washington, Ronald Reagan

My Blog

Why I am a Capitalist

Why I am a CapitalistJune 2007At a recent Rotary Club meeting, my particular brand of economic philosophy, the Austrian School of Economics, was characterized as "not caring about people." The economi...
Posted by The Right Standard on Sat, 08 Dec 2007 01:25:00 PST

The pursuit of whose happiness?

The pursuit of whose happiness?July 2006There is one editorial that stands above all others - the Declaration of Independence. While it is itself not a legal document, within it are the fundamental ph...
Posted by The Right Standard on Sat, 08 Dec 2007 01:09:00 PST

Thanksgiving in New England

Thanksgiving in New EnglandNovember 2006During Thanksgiving Week, some dear friends and I had the pleasure of being in Boston Massachusetts and its surrounding area where we visited many historical si...
Posted by The Right Standard on Sun, 09 Dec 2007 03:01:00 PST

Individual rights going up in smoke?

Individual rights going up in smoke?April 2007The smoking bans that are sweeping the nation are approaching the Metro area. What began the most recent call for smoking bans was "The Health Consequence...
Posted by The Right Standard on Sat, 08 Dec 2007 01:19:00 PST