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We’re diving into one of the Founders’ most critical lessons: the dangers of factions and party spirit. To truly understand their warnings, we’ll explore the ideas that inspired them – especially the sharp insights of Thomas Gordon and John Trenchard, authors of Cato’s Letters and Gordon’s Works of Sallust. Their words, written nearly 300 years ago, reveal truths about political division that remain just as relevant today. Some things, it seems, never really change.

Path to Liberty: January 3, 2025

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Cicero – The Works of Sallust

John Trenchard – Cato’s Letters No. 17 (18 Feb 1721)

Wolverton – Trenchard and Gordon: Forgotten Influences on the Founders

Mercy Otis Warren – History of the Rise, Progress, and Termination of the American Revolution/Chapter XXXI

John Trenchard – Cato’s Letters No. 80 (9 June 1722)

Samuel Adams – Loyalty and Sedition (1748)

Thomas Gordon – Cato’s Letters No. 16 (11 Feb 1721)

Noah Webster – The Revolution in France (1794)

Thomas Gordon – Cato’s Letters No. 51 (4 Nov 1721)

Thomas Gordon – Cato’s Letters No. 96 (29 Sept 1722)