Good Reads....
The following books and essays include many that the founders used to help them determine the best way of framing our United States Constitution.
A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents - By James D. Richardson
A Summary View of the Rights of British America By Thomas Jefferson
A View Of The Constitution Of The United States of America By William Rawle, LL.D.
Abraham Lincoln, Message to House and Senate, July 5, 1861
American Arms to France Scandal, Journal of the Senate, Feb. 29, 1872
American Independence By Samuel Adams
AMERICANISM VERSUS COMMUNISM, Hon. Patrick J. Hurley, Congressional Record July 4, 1935
ANALYSIS OF STRATEGIC THREATS IN THE CURRENT DECADE (2000-2010) By Joel M. Skousen
Blackstone's Commentaries on the Laws of England - Book I Chap. I & III
BLACKSTONE'S COMMENTARIES By St. George Tucker
Civil Liberty is a Great Good By Nathaniel Niles
Commentaries on the Constitution - Book I, By Joseph Story
Current Communist Goals, Congressional Record - House of Representatives, Jan. 10, 1963
Declaration of Colonial Rights: RESOLUTIONS OF THE FIRST CONTINENTAL CONGRESS
Declaration and Resolves of the First Continental Congress
Defensive Arms Vindicated and the Lawfulness of the American War Made Manifest
Discourses on the First Ten Books of Titus Livius, By Niccolo Machiavelli, 1531
Draft of Articles of Confederation/Rebellion to Tyrants is Obedience to God, Aug. 20, 1776
Farewell Address By George Washington [First Draft] May 15, 1796
Farewell Address By George Washington
George Washington's Resignation Address, Dec. 23, 1783
Give Me Liberty by Patrick Henry
Government Corrupted by Vice By Samuel Langdon
Gradual Approaches Towards Independence, from Elliot's Debates
'Gun Control'; The Final Solution? By E. David Quammen
It Didn't Happen Overnight by Sen. H. L. Richardson (Ret.)
James Wilson, An Unsung Hero of Freedom, 9/14/1742 - 8/21/1798
Jefferson to Madsion, Letter concerning the 'Illuminati', Jan. 31, 1800
Journal of the House of Representatives of the United States, Dec. 12, 1860
Journal of William Maclay, Chap. XIII - CENTRALIZATION OF POWER, Jan. 1 - 23, 1791
The Man versus the State, By Herbert Spencer, 1884
Observations on the Nature of Civil Liberty, By Richard Price, March 12th. 1776
Of Crimes and Punishments By Cesare Bonesana, Marchese Beccaria
OF HOLOCAUSTS AND GUN CONTROL, By Daniel D. Polsby and Don B. Kates, Jr.
Of the Law of Nature and Nations By Samuel von Pufendorf
On the Right to Rebel Against Governors By Samuel West
Oration on the life and character of Gilbert Motier De La Fayette, By John Q. Adams
Ours is a JUST CAUSE, and here are Good Reasons to be Armed...
Political Disquisitions By James Burgh
Proposition H: Mythology Instead of Criminology, By Don B. Kates Jr.
Resistance to Civil Goverment By Henry David Thoreau
Secret Debates of the Federal Convention of 1787 By Robert Yates
SKETCH OF ANTE-REVOLUTIONARY HISTORY from Elliot's Debates Vol. I
State of the Union Addresses of Thomas Jefferson
TM2000-25, The Soldiers Training Manual issued by the War Department, November 30, 1928
TACITUS - THE HISTORIES, IN TWO VOLUMES
The Agreements of John Lilburne Oct. 1647 - April 30. 1649
The American Crisis. (No. I.) By Thomas Paine
The American Principle of Revolution By James Wilson
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
"Book of War" from the Dead Sea Scrolls [The Rule of the War]
The Church's Flight into the Wilderness - An Address on the Times By Samuel Sherwood, A.M.
The Common Law By Oliver W. Holmes, Jr.
The Contended Amendment - A Brief History of the Second Amendment
The Democrats have been at this a LONG time, October 3, 1860
The Duty of Americans, at the Present Crisis By Timothy Dwight, "the order of Illuminati", 1798
The Founders Constitution By Max Farrand
The Holy Bible, King James Version
"the intent of which we are in search..."
The Law of Nations By Monsieur De Vattel
The Path of the Law By Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
The Republic By Wm. Oland Bourne
The Right to Keep and Bear Arms - REPORT of the SUBCOMMITTEE ON THE CONSTITUTION
The Rights of Man By Thomas Paine
The Rights of the Colonists by Samuel Adams
The Rights of War and Peace Including The Law of Nature and of Nations By Hugo Grotius
THE RUINS, OR, MEDITATION ON THE REVOLUTIONS OF EMPIRES:
AND THE LAW OF NATURE, By C. F. VOLNEY
The Second Amendment and the Ideology of Self-Protection, By Don B. Kates Jr., Feb. 1992
The Second Treatise of Government, By John Locke - Part I
The Second Treatise of Government, By John Locke - Part II
The Short Duration of the Articles of Confederation
"The Society of the Cincinnati" and "Knights of the order of Divine Providence"
The Spirit of Laws by Charles de Montesquieu PART I, BOOKS 1 - 15
The Spirit of Laws by Charles de Montesquieu PART II, BOOKS 16 - 31
THE SWORD OF WASHINGTON AND THE STAFF OF FRANKLIN
The Warning of the Military-Industrial Complex, Speech by Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1961
The Works of The Honourable James Wilson, L. L. D. - Vol. I
"We The People have been getting screwed for quite some time now", April, 6, 1836
WEBSTER'S 1828 DICTIONARY, By Noah Webster, Definitions concerning our Freedom and Liberty
What is a Republic Anyway? By Scott T. Whiteman
Who Are the Best Keepers of the People's Liberties? By James Madison
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