• Give Me Liberty: The Making of American Exceptionalism

  • Auteur(s): National Review
  • Podcast

Give Me Liberty: The Making of American Exceptionalism

Auteur(s): National Review
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  • Résumé

  • Historian Richard Brookhiser joins constitutional scholar Luke Thompson to examine thirteen historical documents and recount their role in the development of liberty.
    National Review
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  • Episode 1: The First General Assembly

    Episode 1: The First General Assembly
    Jan 3 2020

    Self-rule: the great gift of Jamestown to the American experiment. Jamestown is not what we would call a free society, yet it was crucial in forming our American understanding of the principle of self-governance. Driven out of necessity, members of the colony embraced the influence of common law and parliamentary rule to create the first-ever example of a mixed government system in the western world — and more importantly, the first ever example of self-rule.
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    27 min
  • Episode 2: Religious Liberty Begins in Queens

    Episode 2: Religious Liberty Begins in Queens
    Jan 13 2020

    For years, individuals far and wide have traveled to the United States of America to escape religious persecution. A freedom that is uniquely American, religious freedom has come to be known as a cornerstone of liberty. Rick and Luke recall the story of how some thirty residents of a small settlement embodied the principle of religious liberty in the Flushing Remonstrance.
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    27 min
  • Episode 3: Liberty to Criticize Our Rulers

    Episode 3: Liberty to Criticize Our Rulers
    Jan 20 2020

    The freedom of expression is a core component of liberty. Now a well-known symbol for freedom of the press, John Peter Zenger shaped American history when he was famously acquitted in a libel suit. In this episode, Rick and Luke dig into one of the first cases of upholding freedom of the press.
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    31 min

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