The American Way of Life (Part 26 of 28)

Part 26: of a 28-part series This is my next point. We have a protection – and what is it? The power’s in Congress, not in the Presidency. Remember that. In America, we are identified more by our political sphere of influence than by our social rank. More by our town, city, county, and state […]

The American Way of Life (Part 27 of 28)

Part 27: of a 28-part series This is the challenge – are you willing to spend time studying issues? You all have your ballots, right? It’s a lot of legalese, isn’t it? Make yourself aware. One way of doing that is, begin earlier than the night before. Before November 3rd. Do your homework. I started […]

The American Way of Life (Part 28 of 28)

Part 28: of a 28-part series How is the American way of life destroyed? You must deny your own individual, independent worth. If they can, through education, get you to deny that you’re important, that you’re nothing and nobody, that you’re not worth much, you can’t do much – they’ve won almost half the battle […]

The American Way of Life (Part 21 of 28))

Part 21: of a 28-part series Now this up and down thing…I read the quote by Reagan. I’d like to illustrate what we’re looking at here. Remember, we are demonstrating the positive alternative to despotism, to slavery. Slavery is the lowest human existence. It could be in your home, but still the lowest existence. Why is […]

The American Way of Life (Part 22 of 28)

Part 22: of a 28-part series The last idea, the last thing we are doing, is how we live. We are resting on our own ability, our own political acuteness, our own political ability. We’re not born with this ability, by the way. We’re born with a disability, with no ability for self-government. That doesn’t […]

The American Way of Life (Part 23 of 28)

Part 23: of a 28-part series Within its proper sphere, government by town meeting is the form of government most effectively under our control. You can see [more clearly] locally. And it is more transparent to observe a key oversight of the local rulers. That’s where we need to begin. That’s where they did begin. […]

The American Way of Life (Part 24 of 28)

Part 24: of a 28-part series We just want to follow the money – our money. It’s kept pretty close to the fact where local affairs are concerned. And in this there’s a political trade of no small government. We’re not politically trained. We used to be politically trained. We need to be. We need […]

The American Way of Life (Part 17 of 28)

Part 17: of a 28-part series The equal rights command, and the happiness of every individual, are not acknowledged to be the only legitimate object of government. Modern times have discovered the only device by which these rights can be secured –the device that modern man has discovered (this is modern in 1823). The most […]

The American Way of Life (Part 18 of 28)

Part 18: of a 28-part series Free government is founded in jealousy, not competence. We have to be jealous of our liberty. We have to be jealous of our own lives, our own property, our own businesses. “Jealous” means zealous. It doesn’t mean anything negative. It’s a good idea. You need to be zealous about […]

The American Way of Life (Part 19 of 28)

Part 19: of a 28-part series No one can transcend their legal limits (and they have, every one of them) without being effectually checked and restrained by the others. And so, that’s how it was set up. That’s what we were saying. Congress – we the people – have the supreme power. Poor Bush. He’s […]