Voters have always supported the politicians who they have recognized are offering the most freedom.
George Washington’s Federalist Party offered the force to keep the British government away. Thomas Jefferson’s Republican Party offered continuing independence but also more freedom than the war-supporting Federalists. Andrew Jackson’s and Martin Van Buren’s Democratic Party offered smaller governments, no central banking, and no debt. Abraham Lincoln’s Republican Party offered freedom from slave...
Published on July 07, 2025 21:01