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The Founders didn’t just fight tyranny – they defined exactly what it was: arbitrary power. In this episode, we dig into how they viewed it, why they saw it as the ultimate threat to liberty, and how it shaped everything from the Declaration of Independence to the creation of written constitutions. Drawing from Otis, Adams, Jefferson, Locke, and more, we break down the core principle behind the American Revolution – and why every step beyond the Constitution isn’t just wrong – it’s a lawless recipe for disaster.

Path to Liberty: April 23, 2025

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James Otis, Jr – Vindication of the Conduct of the House of Representatives of the Province of the Massachusetts-Bay (1762)

Harry Lee – Virginia Ratifying Convention (9 June 1788)

Jowett’s 1885 Translation of Aristotle – The Politics, Book V (4th century BC)

John Locke – Two Treatises of Civil Government (1689)

James Otis Jr – Speech Against the Writs of Assistance (24 Feb 1761)

John Adams – Letter to William Tudor, Sr (29 Mar 1817)

Declaration and Resolves of the First Continental Congress (14 Oct 1774)

John Jay – Address to the People of Great Britain (21 Oct 1774)

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