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The Founders and the Constitution, Part 4: John Dickinson 0
- April 14, 2023
Without John Dickinson we might not have a Constitution.
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Jon Caldara interviews Rob Natelson on John Dickinson, “The Most Underrated Founder”0
- December 27, 2017
Watch this interview and learn what we owe to John Dickinson.
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Fifth (and last) in a Series: John Dickinson and the Ratification of the Constitution 0
- November 2, 2017
Any states that allowed the federal government to interfere in their sovereign jurisdiction would be guilty of a breach of trust, for the “trustees or servants of the several states” were obliged to protect the authority citizens had placed in them.
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Fourth in a Series: John Dickinson’s Contributions to the Constitution 0
- November 1, 2017
The list of constitutional provisions impacted by Dickinson is a very long one.
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Third in a Series: John Dickinson During the Continental and Confederation Periods 0
- October 29, 2017
Dickinson was one of the few to free his own slaves during his lifetime.
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Second in a Series: The Message of the Farmer Letters 0
- October 24, 2017
“We cannot be happy without being free,” Dickinson wrote in Farmer Letter XII. “We cannot be free without being secure in our own property … We cannot be secure in our property, if, without our consent, others may take it away.”
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