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Founding Fathers articles on Democracy Chronicles

The Founding Fathers were political leaders and statesmen who participated in the American Revolution by signing the Declaration of Independence and establishing the Constitution. Also see our articles on revolutionary Thomas Paine.

How New World Peoples Inspired the Age of Democracy

March 24, 2025 by Adrian Tawfik 3 Comments

A good example of an Iroquois assembly meeting is this painting titled "The Trial of Red Jacket" by John Mix Stanley - source

What is largely underappreciated is how European exposure to the novel concepts of governance helped spark the Enlightenment and give birth to modern democracy.

Filed Under: Adrian Tawfik's Opinion Column, DC Authors Tagged With: Brazil, Election History, Founding Fathers, Native Americans and Democracy, Thomas Paine

Thomas Paine and Bob Dylan

April 5, 2023 by Gary Berton 2 Comments

Thomas Paine and Bob Dylan

I commend Bob Dylan for grasping Thomas Paine’s essence, and for putting it to use. He did a much better job than most historians in that time.

Filed Under: DC Authors Tagged With: Election History, Founding Fathers, Thomas Paine

How the Founders Intended To Check The Supreme Court’s Power

July 6, 2022 by DC Editors Leave a Comment

How the Founders Intended To Check The Supreme Court’s Power

When they feel the justices have gone beyond their authority, the president and Congress can take measures to restrain SCOTUS.

Filed Under: Democracy in America Tagged With: Election History, Founding Fathers, Supreme Court

An 1868 Act And Making Qualifications For Congress

May 6, 2022 by DC Editors Leave a Comment

An 1868 Act And Making Qualifications For Congress

It would be interesting to see how the Fourth Circuit approaches and judges on Cawthorn v. Amalfi brought on grounds of the 1868 Act.

Filed Under: Democracy in America Tagged With: Election History, Founding Fathers

Examining Government As A “Necessary Evil”

April 29, 2022 by Gary Berton Leave a Comment

Thomas Paine defines government as separate from society, and indeed if society functioned perfectly there would be no need for government.

Filed Under: DC Authors Tagged With: Election History, Founding Fathers, Libertarian Party News, Thomas Paine

Thomas Paine Was Not A Libertarian

April 8, 2022 by Gary Berton Leave a Comment

Libertarianism is the feeble step-child of anarchism: espousing that the individual is everything, the collective is always oppressive.

Filed Under: DC Authors Tagged With: Anarchism, Election History, Founding Fathers, Libertarian Party News, Thomas Paine

Thomas Paine and the Origins of Modern Democracy, Part II

March 25, 2022 by Gary Berton 1 Comment

Central to Paine’s political theories are his ideology of first principles. The foundation of these principles is equality, and as a direct result, justice.

Filed Under: DC Authors Tagged With: Election History, Founding Fathers, Thomas Paine, Worldwide

Paine and the Origins of Modern Democracy, Part I

March 15, 2022 by Gary Berton 1 Comment

Thomas Paine is the founder of modern democracy. He crafted the democratic movement in three countries, and it spread on its own around the world.

Filed Under: DC Authors Tagged With: Election History, Founding Fathers, Greece, Political Dissidents, Thomas Paine

PODCAST: Defending Democracy At Home And Abroad

March 9, 2022 by Jenna Spinelle Leave a Comment

Robert Kagan is a foreign policy expert who turned his focus to the US last fall in a column titled “Our Constitutional Crisis Is Already Here”.

Filed Under: DC Authors Tagged With: American Corruption, Civil Rights Era, Founding Fathers, Voter Access

PODCAST: How National Parties Are Breaking State Politics

February 8, 2022 by Jenna Spinelle Leave a Comment

We are talking with an assistant Professor at the University of Washington, and author of the forthcoming book laboratories against democracy.

Filed Under: DC Authors Tagged With: American State Elections, Founding Fathers, Socialism and Labor, Supreme Court

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