A Teaching for Republicans: Roman History and the Nation’s First Identity

By |2019-09-19T13:10:16-05:00May 7th, 2012|Categories: American Founding, American Republic, M. E. Bradford, Republicanism, Rome|Tags: |

The Federal District of Columbia, both in its formal character as a capital and also in its self-conscious attempt at a certain visual splendor, is, for every visitor from the somewhat sovereign states, a reminder that the analogy of ancient Rome had a formative effect upon those who conceived and designed it as their one [...]

“The Power Under the Constitution Will Always Be in the People”

By |2022-09-13T09:21:24-05:00May 7th, 2012|Categories: American Republic, Constitution, George Washington, Quotation|

The power under the Constitution will always be in the People. It is entrusted for certain defined purposes, and for a certain limited period, to representatives of their own chusing; and whenever it is executed contrary to their Interest, or not agreeable to their wishes, their Servants can, and undoubtedly will be, recalled. — to Bushrod Washington, 9 [...]

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