A history of the people and institutions that revived and championed the classical liberal tradition in America after the end ...

A collection of nine original essays by top philosophers introducing the major moral theories and how they support a libertarian political system. With personal stories, historical anecdotes, ...

Portraits of Liberty investigates the lives and philosophies of thinkers throughout history who argued in favor of a freer world.

“There is an inherent difficulty in fixing limits to incorporeality. The regions of thought, like those of the air, are the common property of all.” When challenged by a flurry of letters- to- the- ...

From the Wisconsin territorial capitol, Abram D. Smith captivated his audience with tales of an electrified future of global republicanism. Virtually no one is aware that Abram D. Smith ever existed.

Paine urged the colonists not to replicate the aspects of the English constitution that caused it to degenerate.

Puzzling through the theories, history, and practice of liberty.

Abraham Lincoln’s address before the Young Men’s Lyceum of Springfield, Illinois. In this speech, delivered three months after a pro- slavery mob killed newspaper editor and abolitionist Elijah Parish ...

Rogers takes us on a transcendent yet rugged tour of Vermont, a land virtually untouched by the scourge called “Colorphobia.” We begin our second selection of political writings from Nathaniel Peabody ...

Adam Smith was a Scottish political philosopher and economist, considered one of the forefathers of classical economics and a pioneer of the study of political economy. Smith graduated from Balliol ...