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The Rule of Law

sensiblemajority, June 9, 2024August 1, 2024

The words make it sound like it is chiseled in stone somewhere independent of human change. In fact, the rule of law is a dynamic series of written and unwritten restraints that compel us to behave in a certain way.

A Word From Our Founders

Thomas Jefferson

sensiblemajority, May 1, 2024July 13, 2024

The election of 1800 pitted the incumbent John Adams against Thomas Jefferson. The early founders abhorred the idea of political parties…

A Word From Our Founders

Alexander Hamilton

sensiblemajority, April 3, 2024July 13, 2024

Alexander Hamilton is the only one of the founders who did not survive to an old age. Many lived into their 60s and beyond.

James Madison

May 26, 2024

Thomas Jefferson is said to have written the poetry of America’s aspirations, Madison wrote the prose.

May 1, 2024

The election of 1800 pitted the incumbent John Adams against Thomas Jefferson. The early founders abhorred the idea of political parties...

April 3, 2024

Alexander Hamilton is the only one of the founders who did not survive to an old age. Many lived into their 60s and beyond.

March 31, 2024

John Jay has historically been relegated to the second tier of the Founding Fathers. Yet he was instrumental in getting New York to ratify the Constitution. Had either Virginia or New York failed to ratify the Constitution it is unlikely that the young nation would have survived. He successfully negotiated...