Induction
of the Principle of Individual Rights (Founding Fathers)
The Founding Fathers studied history, philosophy,
economics, political science, and law, among other subjects. They were all thinkers, and men of action. In their own ways, they discovered the
elements of two literally revolutionary ideas that they intended to finalize
and put into practice for the first time on Earth: the principles of individual
rights combined with a republican government.
With those two overarching principles in mind, they intended to change
history, in a phenomenal way that has never been matched since. I will focus on the principles and facts
underlying the idea of individual rights, from the perspectives of American
legends George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Samuel Adams, Patrick
Henry, Thomas Paine, Alexander Hamilton, and James Madison, as well as lesser
known Founders James Wilson and William Gladstone.
