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Essay Archive - Our Living Shield: The First Amendment
Our Living Shield: The First Amendment
The authors of the Constitution of the United States created a
magnificent list of liberties which were, at the time ascribed, to most
people belonging to the United States. The main author, James Madison,
transported the previous ideas of f undamental liberties from the great
libertarians around the world, such as John Lilburne, John Locke, William
Walwyn and John Milton. Madison and other previous libertarians of his time
were transposed into seventeen different rights which were to be secured to
all ....
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