Oct 24, 2022
“Slavery is ever preceded by sleep”
For the old revolutionaries, a government that could define its own limits, take property at will - an arbitrary power - was the very definition of a tyranny, reducing the people “to the most abject slavery.” In their view, liberty could only exist in a society that’s awake, aware, and actively engaged - in both supporting freedom, and resisting attempts to restrict it. The post “Slavery is ever preceded by sleep” first appeared on Tenth Amendment Center.