The management of foreign relations appears to be the most susceptible of abuse, of all the trusts committed to a Government, because they can be concealed or disclosed, or disclosed in such parts & at such times as will best suit particular views; and because the body of the people are less capable of judging & are more under the influence of prejudices, on that branch of their affairs, than of any other. Perhaps it is a universal truth that the loss of liberty at home is to be charged to provisions agst. danger real or pretended from abroad.
– James Madison, Letter to Thomas Jefferson [1798]
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March 18, 2025 Trump's Denial of Due Process Is Tyranny
President Trump’s vicious and malicious rendition of immigrants to El Salvador is just one more reminder of what America’s immigration-control system is doing to our nation and to the values on which our nation was founded. The Fifth Amendment guarantees that no person shall be deprived of his liberty without due process of law. Due process of law is a term that stretches ...
The Real Problem with Social Security Privatization by Laurence M. Vance
Although Social Security is an unconstitutional relic of the New Deal, some libertarians never tire of proposing ways to reform the system. Social Security is ...
The DOGE Wars versus a Real Campaign for Liberty by Richard M. Ebeling
Washington, D.C., and the nation as a whole are in the midst of a combative chaos. On the one side is President Donald Trump ...
Libertarian Angle: Freedom or Efficiency?
by Jacob G. Hornberger and Richard M. Ebeling
In this week's Libertarian Angle, Jacob and Richard discuss why freedom does not consist of efforts ...
Minimum-Wage Laws Cost Jobs and Threaten Liberty
by Richard M. Ebeling
One of the great persistent political myths is the illusion that governments have it in their power to manipulate and control the marketplace. One ...
