Of, By and For the People – Chapter 11: Debt, and Manifest Destiny
Whether it be an individual, or an entire nation, The burden of debt is as destructive to freedom as subjugation by conquest.
Jeff Ulicny
Of, By, and For the People – Chapter 10: Family
The core unit which determines the strength of any society is the family.
Of, By and For the People – Chapter 9: National Security
National Security: government, the People and their roles in defending a civilized society rooted in individual liberty from threat of destruction.
Of, By and For the People – Chapter 8
A free society cannot survive as a republic without a broad program of general education.
Of, By and For The People: Chapter 7
Greetings my fellow Americans! Our journey through the 28 Principles of Liberty as defined in continues with the following: Only limited and carefully defined powers should be delegated to government, all others being retained in the people. Efficiency and dispatch require government to operate according to the will of the majority, but constitutional provisions must …
Of, By and For The People: Chapter 6
Welcome to the seventh installment in this series about the original, and novel, premise of America, and the Principles of Liberty upon which it is based.
The Third Amendment—Private Property Rights
The Third Amendment—Private Property Rights “Freedom can exist only in the society of knowledge. Without learning, men are incapable of knowing their rights.” ~ Benjamin Rush Greetings my fellow Americans! “No Soldier shall, in time of peace be quartered in any house, without the consent of the Owner, nor in time of war, but in …
Of, By and For the People – Chapter 5
Foundational Principle: The highest level of prosperity occurs when there is a free-market economy and a minimum of government regulations.
Of, By and For the People – Chapter 4
“The heaven, even the heavens, are the Lord’s: but the earth hath he given to the children of men.” – Psalms 115:16 (KJV)
Of, By and For the People – Chapter 3
Greetings my fellow Americans! I chose the title Of, By and For the People for this series on the Principles of Liberty to remind us all of the gift we had been given by our Founders, and just how important the responsibility We the People have to preserve it. With that in mind, we move …
Chapter 2 – Equal and Unalienable Rights
As self-discipline disintegrates due to a lack of belief in this ultimate accountability, the need for more human laws to codify socially acceptable behavior, and the need for more government to legislate and enforce just laws.
Of, By and For the People – Chapter 1 (continued)
In a political system devised of, by and for the people must have adequate safeguards for the practice of religion.
Second Amendment—The Right to Bear Arms
It is often said that the right to bear arms is there to protect all the others.
Of, By and For The People: Chapter 1
Greetings my Fellow Americans! As I am writing this, our front-line adversaries in the virtual war we are currently fighting appear to be in somewhat of a retreat, with the gracious lifting of infringements of our Creator-endowed rights which had been imposed under the guise of “flattening the curve” of COVID-19 infections. While I will …
Of, By and For the People – Prologue
What is the main underlining of the American form of government? The People of course
Second Amendment: The Necessity of a Well-regulated Militia
Governments usually hold a monopoly on the use of force. In the Second Amendment, the Framers clearly determined that the citizens should also wield that power.
Are We Still The United States of America?
The United States has changed as a nation since 1776. Are we still the nation envisioned by the Founders and Framers?
An Open Letter to Woke America
Woke America has destroyed a system of practical civic principles which was unprecedented and quite extraordinary for its time.
Thinking for Ourselves: Have We Forgotten How?
“Judge a man by his questions, rather than his answers.” — Voltaire on, thinking for ourselves, as opposed to allowing others to do so.
Why Do We Still Have a Congress?
“All legislative Powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress of the United States, which shall consist of a Senate and House of Representatives.”