Democracy Links
November 28, 2004
Constitutions
Great Historical Writers on Government and Democracy
● Quotes from Thomas Jefferson
● The Federalist Papers (18th century arguments in favor of forming a U.S. government)
● John Stuart Mill: On Liberty
● Adam Ferguson: An Essay on the History of Civil Society
● Thomas Hobbes: The Elements of Law Natural and Politic
● David Hume: Two Papers on Government
● Herbert Spencer: The Man versus the State
● Thomas Jefferson on Politics and Government
● Writings of Ancient and Classical Western Political Theorists
● Classic Writings on Liberal Democracy
Democracy in the U.S.
● Anti-Federalist Papers (Arguments against the proposed Constitution)
● Patrick Henry: Is War Inevitable?
● Thomas Paine: The Rights of Man
● Collected Papers of Thomas Jefferson
● Democracy in America by Alexis de Tocqueville
Miscellaneous Items of Interest to Students of Democracy
● Interview with James M. Buchanan
● Public Choice: Web Page of the Journal
● David Friedman's Book on the Economics of Law
Gunning’s Address
J. Patrick Gunning
Visiting Professor
U.S. Coast Guard Academy
Management Department
15 Mohegan Avenue
New London, CT 06320
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