Tag: unalienable rights

A Tradition Called Freedom: The People, The Times, The Belief—Part II

Not all revolutions are glorious. To some people, it might sound romantic to rise up and fight for freedom, but that duplicitous word has often been misused by those harboring ill intentions—with woeful consequences. History is rife with examples of revolutions proclaiming freedom yet serving enslavement, usurpation, even genocide. Legitimate freedom movements have sprung up in…


The Founders’ Understanding of Equality

Commentary “All people are born free and equal, and have certain natural, essential and unalienable rights.” — John Adams We have reached a time when each of us must make an effort to rediscover what Adams and Jefferson and the other Founders meant when they declared that we are all created equal. For over a century,…