I apprehend no danger to our country from a foreign foe. Our destruction, should it come at all, will be from another quarter. From the inattention of the people to the concerns of their government, from their carelessness and negligence, I must confess that I do apprehend some danger. I fear that they may place too implicit a confidence in their public servants, and fail properly to scrutinize their conduct; that in this way they may be made the dupes of designing men, and become the instruments of their own undoing. Make them intelligent, and they will be vigilant; give them the means of detecting the wrong, and they will apply the remedy.
–Daniel Webster [1837]
HORNBERGER'S BLOG
September 26, 2023 Reform Is Not Freedom
When I discovered libertarianism more than 40 years ago, the revelation that shocked me the most was that I wasn’t living in a free society. All my life, especially since the first grade in the public schools to which my parents were forced to send me, I had been inculcated with the belief that I lived in a free country. And here I ...
The Root of America's Forever Wars
by Jacob G. Hornberger
FFF president Jacob G. Hornberger spoke at the fourth Ron Paul Scholars' Seminar on September 1, 2023, ...
Announcement from FreedomFest by Future of Freedom Foundation
This announcement was sent out by the organizers of FreedomFest, an annual event "where free minds meet to celebrate freedom in an open-minded environment."
What is Capitalism? by Jacob G. Hornberger and Richard M. Ebeling
In this episode of the Libertarian Angle, Jacob and Richard discuss the features of a genuine capitalist ...
