Originally published in 1908, this book aims at setting forth liberty, personal and national - not as a mere utility as is usually the case - but as an a priori moral necessity, the sine qua non of all true civilisation.

The United States of America has been the greatest experiment for liberty the world has ever seen. It was an idea centered on limited government, decentralized power, and a strong moral fabric. America's journey has not always been perfect, but its founding documents recognized a set of ideas that are inspiring to every person because they embrace an eternal truth that every human has the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, and that these natural rights were granted by God and not the government.Unfortunately, many of the founding principles that made America great have been slowly eroding away and the foundations for which liberty stands are now on shaky ground. Foundations for Liberty was written to help a generation rediscover America's foundations and what it means to truly be free and self-governing. America's future is in your hands and the freedom we cherish is now one generation away from extinction. It's time to awaken the sleeping giant inside of the American people! Embrace this book and reignite the flames of liberty. It's time to rediscover freedom in the 21st Century.

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1908 edition. Excerpt: ... APPENDIX F Land Nationalisation Having admitted that it is desirable to nationalise the land, and having provisionally objected to the most popular scheme for so doing, it is not unreasonable that I should be expected to suggest some alternative scheme. There is at the present moment a great amount of agricultural land which could be purchased by the State at a very low price. This land could be bought piecemeal. It is always happening, and it will presumably continue to happen, that valueless lands become very valuable either unexpectedly (as in the case of the discovery of minerals), or owing to the deliberate "developing " of the land by the owners. While the first of these causes of value should not be left out of count, the second is the more important. In these days of cheap and easy locomotion the site of a town is of comparatively slight importance; and moreover the worst and most unproductive soils will do as well for building on as the best. The State then having purchased a certain area of cheap land could proceed to "develop" some part of this, the building and roadmaking being put out to contract. Buildings and land would thus both belong to the State, and would be worked by a Government Estate Office situated on the spot. There would be thus no leasing of land to builders or speculators,1 but in order to convenience prospective tenants the State would be at liberty to consider the wishes of individuals, and when desirable to build to order. If it is true that the State would make such a desirable landlord as some affirm, such a town if laid out in a healthy and attractive manner (as would be very possible under the circumstances), and if managed on business lines, ought to be very successful. The 1 This elimination of the...

The materials in this collection are drawn from many disciplines, including economics,law, philosophy and political science. Yet they are all directed to a topic that is worthy of examination from multiple perspectives: Liberty, Property and the Law. Stated in this general form, this topic is as broad as law itself. The relationship of liberty andproperty to the law surfaces whenever and wherever people interact with each otherunder the command and control of the sovereign. Those who hold sovereign power may choose to protect liberty and property or to undermine it. But the regrettably high frequency of political abuse throughout the world does not justify the exercise ofarbitrary legal power; nor does it limit human aspirations for a sound legal and socialorder to block political excesses. First Published in 2000. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Cover title: Liberty, property & the foundations of the American constitution. Includes bibliographies and index.

Excerpt from The Foundations of Liberty We must be free or die, who speak the tongue That Shakespeare spoke the faith and morals hold Which Milton held. In everything we are sprung. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.