tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20077444.post9034847387894637648..comments2024-03-26T04:21:43.535-05:00Comments on Free Association: TGIF: Jefferson on Not Trusting the StateSheldon Richmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15672237234580563637noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20077444.post-5235953989343555252022-10-03T11:14:23.792-05:002022-10-03T11:14:23.792-05:00That is too simplistic a view of James Madison, wh...That is too simplistic a view of James Madison, who grew a lot during his lifetime. He started out as more of a statist, in fact was the leader of the Federalists...but he grew more libertarian, abandoning the party he founded to join Thomas Jefferson in opposing it, and in fact the two of them took the Federalists down completely.<br /><br />Some of that is referenced even in this article. The Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions were the stand that discredited John Adams and the Aliens and Sedition Acts. That was the beginning of the end for the authoritarian Federalist party. <br /><br />Madison wrote the Virginia Resolution, Jefferson the Kentucky Resolution.KAZhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01518058583588338808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20077444.post-18773299028130887982022-08-26T07:57:55.645-05:002022-08-26T07:57:55.645-05:00The more I hear about Madison the less I think of ...The more I hear about Madison the less I think of him. Your Madison quote at the top shows the absurdity of his thinking. It's amazing that so many people can fall for that garbage. It's also amazing that so many people are willing to completely disregard the plain immorality of taxation. Particularly people who claim to be Christians. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com