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“To the early American his state government was at least on a par with the federal government in his esteem. Illustrative is the following incident: President Washington was about to arrive at Boston on a visit, and Governor Hancock was perturbed over a matter of protocol; would he be compromising the dignity of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts if he went to meet the “father of his country” on arrival, or would it be more proper that the President call at the state Capitol? The Governor finally settled the problem by pleading illness…. The sequel to that incident is worth noting. President Washington was asked to review the Massachusetts militia; he refused on the ground that the militia was the military arm of the state, not the federal government; after all, the tacit understanding in those days was that the militia might be called upon to face the federal army.”

Book:The Income Tax: Root of All Evil

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Frank Chodorov

Frank Chodorov was an American writer, political commentator, and libertarian. His work primarily focused on free-market economics and conservative political ideas. more

“I love this idea of the states being this laboratory of democracy where we try things out in one state, and if it works, we take it someplace else…But if you’re going to do that, you actually have to take what those successful states did. Not just a piece of it. All the hard parts. (from The Economist article “The reading wars” 6/12/2021)”

Reading Politics Democracy Teaching Federalism

Author:Timothy Shanahan

“The dividing line between progressive and reactionary parties no longer follows the formal line of greater or lesser democracy, or of more or less socialism to be instituted; rather the division falls along the line, very new and substantial, that separates the party members into two groups. The first is made up of those who conceive the essential purpose and goal of struggle as the ancient one, that is, the conquest of national political power – and who, although involuntarily, play into the hands of reactionary forces, letting the incandescent lava of popular passions set in the old moulds, and thus allowing old absurdities to arise once again. The second are those who see the creation of a solid international State as the main purpose; they will direct popular forces toward this goal, and, having won national power, will use it first and foremost as an instrument for achieving international unity.”

Liberalism Nationalism European Union Populism International Peace Progressivism Federalism Reactionary Politics Political Power Play Public Choice

Book:Il manifesto di Ventotene

Source: Il manifesto di Ventotene

“Nationalists and globalists hate each other, but really they are philosophical twins; the only thing separating them is degree. A nationalist wants to centralize the nation, a globalist wants to centralize the globe[...] most nationalists are just as bad as globalists, insofar as few want localism and federalism.”

Nationalism Federalism Globalism Localism Kohrism

Author:R.W. Mecklenburg

“The more I am open to the realities in me and in the other person, the less do I find myself wishing to rush in to "fix things." As I try to listen to myself and the experiencing going on in me, and the more I try to extend that same listening attitude to another person, the more respect I feel for the complex processes of life. SO I become less and less inclined to hurry to fix things, to set goals, to mold people, to manipulate and push them in the way that I would like them to go. I am much more content simply to be myself and to let another person be himself.”

Therapy Therapist Carl Rogers