By Patrick J. Buchanan "Your people, sir, is ... a great beast." So Alexander Hamilton reputedly said in an argument with Thomas Jefferson. At the Constitutional Convention of 1787, Hamilton explained: "Real liberty is not found in the extremes of democracy, but in moderate governments. If we incline too much to democracy, we shall soon shoot into a monarchy, or some other form of Continue reading...
After the Revolution
Friday - March 11, 2011 at 12:16 am
By Patrick J. Buchanan "Democracy ... arises out of the notion that those who are equal in any respect are equal in all respects," said Aristotle. But if the Philosopher disliked the form of government that arose out of the fallacy of human equality, the Founding Fathers detested it. "A democracy is nothing more than mob rule," said Thomas Jefferson, "where 51 percent of the people may Continue reading...
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