194. The Spirit of Laws, Great Books of the Western World, vol. 38, Encyclopedia Britannica, Inc., Chicago, 1952, p. 70; emphasis added.
195. The Spirit of Laws, Great Books of the Western World, vol. 38, Encyclopedia Britannica, Inc., Chicago, 1952, p. 70.
196. Koch, The American Enlightenment, p. 163.
197. Koch, The American Enlightenment, p. 188.
198. Koch, The American Enlightenment, pp. 163-64.
199. Koch, The American Enlightenment, p. 252.
200. Koch, The American Enlightenment, p. 154).
201. Koch, The American Enlightenment, p. 154).
202. Koch, The American Enlightenment, p. 191.
203. The Federalist Papers, No. 47, p. 301.
204. The Federalist Papers, No. 47, p. 301.
205. The Federalist Papers, No. 48, p. 308.
206. The Federalist Papers, No. 48, p. 308.
207. The Federalist Papers, No. 49, pp. 313-314.
208. The Federalist Papers, No. 49, p. 315.
209. The Federalist Papers, No. 51, p. 320.
210. J. Reuben Clark, Stand Fast by Our Constitution, Deseret Book Company, Salt Lake City, 1973, pp. 147-148.
211. Fitzpatrick, Writings of George Washington, 35:228.
212. English Constitutional and Legal History, p. 7.
213. John Fiske, The Beginnings of New England, The Historical Writings of John Fiske, vol. 6, Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, 1902, pp. 155-156.
214. The Spirit of Laws, p. 72.
215. The Federalist Papers, No. 38, pp. 231-232.
216. The Federalist Papers, No. 15, p. 111.
217. Quoted in Lord Acton, Essays on Freedom and Power, The Free Press, Glencoe, Illinois, 1949, p. 218.
218. The Federalist Papers, No. 28, p. 181.
219. John Locke, Second Essay Concerning Civil Government, pp. 46-47, par. 95-97.
220. John Locke, Second Essay Concerning Civil Government, p. 47, par. 98.
221. The Federalist Papers, No. 22, pp. 147-48.
222. Bergh, Writings of Thomas Jefferson, 3:318.
223. Bergh, Writings of Thomas Jefferson, 15:38.
224. Richard Frothingham, The Rise of the Republic of the United States, Little, Brown and Company, Boston, 1873, pp. 14-15.
225. Richard Frothingham, The Rise of the Republic of the United States, Little, Brown and Company, Boston, 1873, p. 15.
226. Richard Frothingham, The Rise of the Republic of the United States, Little, Brown and Company, Boston, 1873, p. 15.
227. Bergh, Writings of Thomas Jefferson, 14:421.
228. The Federalist Papers, No. 45, pp. 292-293.
229. Bergh, Writings of Thomas Jefferson, 10:168.
230. John Fiske, The Critical Period of American History, 1783-1789, The Historical Writings of John Fiske, vol. 12, Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, 1916, pp. 282-283.
231. Second Essay Concerning Civil Government, p. 29, par. 21.
232. John Locke, Second Essay Concerning Civil Government, p. 56, par. 136.
233. A Defense of the Constitutions of Government of the United States, 3 vols., Bud and Bartram, Philadelphia, 1797, 1:124.
234. Quoted by Edwin S. Corwin in "The Higher Law -- Background of American Constitutional Law," Harvard Law Review, 1928, 42:155.
235. Benjamin Jowett, trans., The Dialogues of Plato, Great Books of the Western World, vol. 7, Encyclopedia Britannica, Inc., Chicago, 1952, p. 599.
236. Benjamin Jowett, trans., The Dialogues of Plato, Great Books of the Western World, vol. 7, Encyclopedia Britannica, Inc., Chicago, 1952, p. 599.
237. Second Essay Concerning Civil Government, p. 37, par. 57.
238. The Federalist Papers, No. 62, p. 381.
239. Koch, The American Enlightenment, p. 239.
240. Fiske, Civil Government in the United States, Houghton, Mifflin and Company, Boston, 1890], pp. 22-23.
241. Koch, The American Enlightenment, pp. 213, 217.
242. Alexis de Tocqueville, Democracy in America, 1:326-327.
243. Alexis de Tocqueville, Democracy in America, 1:327.
244. Alexis de Tocqueville,Democracy in America, 1:328-29.
245. Alexis de Tocqueville, Democracy in America, 1:329-330.
246. The Works of Daniel Webster, 6 vols., Little, Brown and Company, Boston, 1851, 1:102.
247. The Works of Daniel Webster, 6 vols., Little, Brown and Company, Boston, 1851, 1:102.
248. Smyth, Writings of Benjamin Franklin, 2:352.
249. Smyth, Writings of Benjamin Franklin, 2:352.
250. Smyth, Writings of Benjamin Franklin, 2:347.
251. Smyth, Writings of Benjamin Franklin, 6:3-4.
252. Smyth, Writings of Benjamin Franklin, 8:645.
253. Fitzpatrick, Writings of George Washington, 30:491.
254. Fitzpatrick, Writings of George Washington, 30:491.
255. Fitzpatrick, Writings of George Washington, 30:491.
256. Fitzpatrick, Writings of George Washington, 31:403.
257. Fitzpatrick, Writings of George Washington, 33:165.
258. Fitzpatrick, Writings of George Washington, 33:165.
259. Quoted in Wells, Life of Samuel Adams, 1:504.
260. Quoted in Wells, Life of Samuel Adams, 1:376.
261. Bergh, Writings of Thomas Jefferson, 3:321.
262. Fitzpatrick, Writings of George Washington, 35:231.
263. Fitzpatrick, Writings of George Washington, 35:231.
264. Fitzpatrick, Writings of George Washington, 35:231.
265. Fitzpatrick, Writings of George Washington, 35:232.
266. Fitzpatrick, Writings of George Washington, 35:233.
267. Fitzpatrick, Writings of George Washington, 35:233.
268. Fitzpatrick, Writings of George Washington, 35:234.
269. Fitzpatrick, Writings of George Washington, 35:234.
270. Fitzpatrick, Writings of George Washington, 35:235.
271. Fitzpatrick, Writings of George Washington, 35:235.
272. Fitzpatrick, Writings of George Washington, 35:235.
273. Bergh, Writings of Thomas Jefferson, 15:477.
274. Quoted in Ernest Lee Tuveson, Redeemer Nation, University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 1974, p. 25.
275. The Federalist Papers, No. 14, p. 104.
276. See report of Norman Dodd, Freemen Digest, June 1978, p. 5.
277. Charles A. Lindbergh, Sr., The Economic Pinch, 1923, reprint ed., Omni Publications, Hawthorne, California, 1976, pp. 233-235.
278. Quoted in the Freemen Digest, October 1978, pp. 2-3.
279. Alexis de Tocqueville, Democracy in America, 1:315.
280. H. Carlton Marlow and Harrison M. Davis, The American Search for Woman, Clio Books, Santa Barbara, California, 1976, chapter 5.
281. John Locke, Second Essay Concerning Civil Government, p. 36, par. 52.
282. Wallace Notestein, The English People on the Eve of Colonization, 1603-1630, Harper Brothers, New York, 1954, p. 168.
283. See Alice J. Hail, "Benjamin Franklin: Philosopher of Dissent," National Geographic, July 1975, p. 118.
284. Koch, The American Enlightenment, p. 70.
285. John Locke, Second Essay Concerning Civil Government, p. 37, par. 58.
286. Second Essay Concerning Civil Government, p. 37, par. 59.
287. John Locke, Second Essay Concerning Civil Government, p. 39, par. 66; emphasis added.
288. John Locke, Second Essay Concerning Civil Government, p. 39, par. 67; emphasis added.
289. Ford, Writings of Thomas Jefferson, 4:414.
290. Vanity Fair, 2 vols. in 1, Thomas Y. Crowell Company, New York, 1893, 1:208.
291. Smyth, Writings of Benjamin Franklin, 3:416.
292. Bergh, Writings of Thomas Jefferson, 15:47.
293. Bergh, Writings of Thomas Jefferson, 13:357-58.
294. Fitzpatrick, Writings of George Washington, 32:211.
295. Fitzpatrick, Writings of George Washington, 33:168.
296. Fitzpatrick, Writings of George Washington, 35:319.
297. Fiske, The Beginnings of New England, pp. 30, 45.
298. Quoted in Conrad Cherry, God's New Israel, Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs, N.J., 1971], p. 65.
299. Bergh, Writings of Thomas Jefferson, 10:217.
300. Koch, The American Enlightenment, p. 257.
301. The Federalist Papers, No. 1, p. 33.
302. The Federalist Papers, No. 1, p. 33.
303. Koch, The American Enlightenment, p. 367.
304. The Federalist Papers, No. 2, p. 38.
305. The Federalist Papers, No. 14, pp. 104-105; emphasis added.
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About the Author
W. Cleon Skousen
(1913-2006)
W. Cleon Skousen was a world renowned teacher, lecturer and scholar for more than 60 years. Born in Raymond, Alberta, Canada on January 20, 1913, Dr. Skousen’s growing up years were spent in Canada, Mexico, and California.
He attended college at the San Bernardino Junior College where he was elected Student Body President.
In 1934 he went to law school at George Washington University in Washington DC, where he earned his Juris Doctorate and was admitted to practice law in the District of Columbia. At this same time he was employed with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).
Dr. Skousen married Jewel Pitcher of San Bernardino, California, in August 1936. During their 69 years of marriage, they raised eight children and became the grandparents of 50 grandchildren and more than 90 great-grandchildren.
Dr. Skousen served the FBI for 16 years (1935-1951), and worked closely with J. Edgar Hoover including a hot-spot stint as the director of communications. As a prolific writer and speaker, he wrote his national best seller, “The Naked Communist” and later became the editor of the nation’s leading police magazine, “Law And Order.” In 1960 he began a speaking tour around the country addressing the important political issues facing America at that time. During this period, he averaged 300 speeches a year.
In 1972 Dr. Skousen organized a non-profit educational foundation named “The Freemen Institute.” Later changed to “The National Center for Constitutional Studies” (NCCS), Dr. Skousen and his staff became the nation’s leading organization in teaching students and legislators seminars on the Founding Fathers and the U.S. Constitution. His books “The Making of America” and “The 5,000 Year Leap” have been used nation-wide to educate students on the original intent of the Founding Fathers.
His many books and recordings addressed diverse subjects ranging from the raising of boys, to the principles of good government, to prophetic history. Dr. Skousen accumulated a wealth of knowledge and optimism—information that he called the “diamond dust” of exciting history, natural law and eternal principles of hope. These principles he painstakingly distilled into the pages of over 40 books and pamphlets, to be shared in an exciting and inspirational manner. This is what made him so popular with audiences of millions around the world.
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The Mystery of the Anglo-Saxons
Excerpted from The Making of America by W. Cleon Skousen
(Washington, D.C., National Center for Const
itutional Studies, 1986) pp 54-62
The Mystery of the Anglo-Saxons
During the 1700s, one of the most fascinating and popular studies in England and America was unraveling the mystery of the Anglo-Saxons. Even today, English historian Sharon Turner, who wrote his three-volume classic in the days of the Founders, is still considered a leading authority on these amazing people who came from around the Black Sea in the first century B.C. and spread all across Northern Europe. In fact, they were the best organized, best governed people in their day. They not only conquered or intermarried with the royal families of every northern European country, but they set out in their open boats to chase the Irish out of Iceland, discover Greenland, and even establish temporary settlements in what is now Canada.
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