If once the people become inattentive to the public affairs, you and I, and Congress and Assemblies, Judges and Governors, shall all become wolves. It seems to be the law of our general nature, in spite of individual exceptions; and experience declares that man is the only animal which devours his own kind; for I can apply no milder term to the governments of Europe, and to the general prey of the rich on the poor.
–Thomas Jefferson, Letter to Edward Carrington [1787]
HORNBERGER'S BLOG
February 15, 2024 How Can We Bring Down the National Security State?
Upon reading my article of yesterday about master worrywart Gen. Paul M. Nakasone, the retired head of the NSA, a longtime supporter of The Future of Freedom Foundation asked how it would ever be possible to bring down an omnipotent governmental structure like a national-security state and replace it with our founding governmental system of a limited-government republic. It’s a ...
Two Important Insights of Friedrich Hayek by Jacob G. Hornberger and Richard M. Ebeling
In this week's Libertarian Angle, Jacob and Richard discuss the importance of Friedrich Hayek's concepts of "spontaneous ...
Medicare & You by Laurence M. Vance
Although I am not quite old enough to qualify for Medicare, I recently received in the mail a 131-page large-size book titled Medicare & ...
The 80th Anniversary of F. A. Hayek's The Road to Serfdom by Richard M. Ebeling
Eighty years ago, in March 1944, the British edition of Friedrich A. Hayek’s The Road to Serfdom was published. An American edition appeared six ...
Why Principles Matter by Jacob G. Hornberger and Richard M. Ebeling
In this week's Libertarian Angle, Jacob and Richard discuss the importance of principle in the advancement of ...
