Category: American Political Thought

Faction: Words of Caution From James Madison

James Madison Museum. Orange, Virginia
James Madison Museum in Orange, Virginia. Scooteristi / Wikimedia Commons (Public Domain)
On: By: Spirit of the Republic

In a free society, people have the right to organize themselves to advocate for their policy preferences. Policy preferences may be based on a variety of different things. Among these are religious or philosophical beliefs, self-interest, or loyalty to some group such

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Thoughts on Government from John Adams

John Adams Portrait
John Adams / National Gallery of Art via Wikimedia Commons (Public Domain)
On: By: Spirit of the Republic

John Adams was a major proponent of independence from Great Britain. In April 1776, he wrote a letter to two of North Carolina’s delegates to the First Continental Congress. They had asked Adams if he would help defining the government for North

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