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...
The Democracy Worshipers
Friday - September 16, 2011 at 4:59 pm
Filed Under: Columns Tagged With: Africa, Alexander Hamilton, Democracy, Egypt, Hosni Mubarak, Islam, Israel, John Adams, Liberty, Libya, Muslim, Muslim Brotherhood, Revolution, Tahrir Square, Thomas Jefferson, U.S. Constitution
Socialist America Sinking
Friday - July 17, 2009 at 1:07 am
by Patrick J. Buchanan After half a century of fighting encroachments upon freedom in America, journalist Garet Garrett published "The People's Pottage." A year later, in 1954, he died. "The People's Pottage" opens thus: "There are those who still think they are holding the pass against a revolution that may be coming up the road. But they are gazing in the wrong direction. The revolution is Continue reading...
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