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What quality do history's most notorious tyrants share in common?

"The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. It is its natural manure."--Thomas Jefferson to William Smith, November 13, 1787

"The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. It is its natural manure."--Thomas Jefferson to William Smith, November 13, 1787

William Borah, Speech Opposing the League of Nations, 1919. How the "soul of democracy" can help preserve the republic.

James Madison, Federalist 51 (1787)

Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) and the reasonableness of "race."

"A little patience, and we shall see the reign of witches pass over, their spells dissolve, and the people, recovering their true sight, restore their government to its true principles."--Thomas Jefferson to John Taylor, June 4, 1798

"Sometimes it is said that man cannot be trusted with the government of himself. Can he, then, be trusted with the government of others? Or have we found angels in the forms of kings to govern him? Let history answer this question."--Thomas Jefferson, First Inaugural Address, March 4, 1801

Why Our Modern "Elites" Despise Thomas Jefferson

Why our so-called "elites," who generally detest the American Founders, nonetheless admire Hamilton.

From James Madison, "Political Observations," April 20, 1795

Why the modern concept of diversity conflicts with Senator William Borah's "soul of democracy."

The modern concept of diversity both reveals and intensifies conceit in its most ardent supporters

Diversity's assault on the human mind and soul

The modern concept of diversity is predicated on a lie.

Diversity--the concept that divides human beings into categories based on irrelevant physical characteristics and then judges outcomes by the same misguided criteria--is inherently evil.

On Mandeville's fable and moral inquiry, with modern relevance.

On Mandeville's fable and moral inquiry.

On Bernard Mandeville's obscure and oft-misunderstood fable.

On the three political personalities: liberal, conservative, and tyrant

Brief discussion of animosities, political and personal, among the Pantheon-level Founding Fathers

The U.S. Declaration of Independence and the British conspiracy against liberty.

Thomas Jefferson on the British conspiracy of the 1760s and 1770s, a "deliberate and systematical plan" of reducing Americans to slavery.

Extended quotations from John Adams's argument against the Stamp Act, which he viewed as evidence that wicked men inside the British government had launched a conspiracy against American liberty.

On John Adams's argument against the Stamp Act, which he viewed as evidence that wicked men inside the British government had launched a conspiracy against American liberty.