We provide this recommended list of readings for anyone who is seriously interested in politics, freedom, liberty in the United States or anywhere in the world. It is critical to read what the people who wrote the documents thought on the subject if one wants to be truly informed and knowledgeable.

 

Their views will likely enlighten you. The serious student should study them all in depth.

 

If you take the time to read these items you will have a much greater understanding of the structure of the United States government, the proper function of government in general, and the ways in which politicians manipulate the populace in order to maintain their own power.

Links are provided to Amazon.com’s catalog if you wish to
order!

These also make great gifts for people for birthdays and
holidays.

• Atlas Shrugged, Ayn RandOrder a copy from Amazon [hardcover]
  [Audio
  tape] [paperback]
  [Atlas
  Shrugged and The Fountainhead bundle] 

  [Capitalism:
  The Unknown Ideal]

  Ayn Rand Institute

  Institute for Objectivist
  Studies

   

• Henry Hazlitt, economistOrder
  Economics in One Lesson, Hardcover 

  Order
  Economics in One Lesson, paperback

• Frederic Bastiat, 19th century philosopherOrder The
  Law
• Friedrich Hayek, Nobel LaureateOrder The
  Constitution of Liberty 

  Order The Road to Serfdom (1944) [hardcover]
  [paperback]

  Order The Fatal Conceit [hardcover]
  [paperback]

  Capitalism and the Historians [paperback]

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  Yahoo for Friedrich Hayek related Information

 

Frederic Bastiat, 19th century philosopher

Order The
Law

 

 Federalist Papers & Anti-federalist papers

Order a copy from Amazon [hardcover]
[paperback]

Federalist
Papers in HTML

Federalist
Papers in text format

Federalist Papers in
text format

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Yahoo for Federalist Papers related Information

 

United States Constitution United
States Constitution and Amendments

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Yahoo for United States Constitution related Information

 

United States Declaration of Independence

The Declaration
of Independence

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Yahoo for United States Declaration of Independence related
Information

 

• Wealth of Nations, Adam Smith [hardcover]
  [paperback]  

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  Yahoo for Adam Smith related Information

 

• Cato’s LettersSearch
  Yahoo for Cato’s Letters related Information

 

Some Worthwhile Videos

• Enemy of the State [On
  DVD] [On
  VHS]
• The American Revolution (PBS documentary) [On
  VHS]
• Animal Farm [On
  VHS] [Book]
• Brave New World [On
  VHS] [Book]
• 1984 [Book]
  [Hardback]
  [On VHS-unavailable]

 More Historical
Documents & Essays

• Common
  Sense, Thomas Paine 

   

• Constitution
  of No Authority, Lysander Spooner 

   

• Constitution
  Society` Great links to many
  historical documents. 

   

• Declaration
  of Independence 

   

• Founders’
  Library Founding Era
  Documents 

   

• Internet
  Encyclopedia of Philosophy 

   

• On
  Liberty, John Stuart Mill 

   

• On
  the Duty of Civil Disobedience, Thoreau 

   

• Reflections
  on the Revolution in France, Burke 

   

• The
  Law, Frederick Bastiat 

   

• The
  Rights of Man, Thomas Paine 

   

• The
  Wealth of Nations, Adam Smith 

   

• Two
  Treatises of Government, John Locke 

   

• U.S.
  Constitution 

   

• Utilitarianism,
  John Stuart Mill 

   

Various
Historical Links 18th century
sermons, political essays and documents

 

Some other Books of Quotations and Quotes that
might be of interest

• Wit
  and Wisdom of the Founding Fathers: Ben Franklin, George
  Washington,
  John Adams, Thomas Jefferson
• Citizen
  Jefferson: The Wit and Wisdom of an American Sage
• The
  Star-Spangled Quote Book
• The
  American Quote Book
• The
  Quotable Conservative: The Giants of Conservatism on Liberty,
  Freedom, Individual
• Responsibility
  and Traditional Virtues
• The
  Official Ronald Wilson Reagan Quote Book [hard to
  find]
• Bartlett’s
  Quotations  

  Updated: May 1, 2003