Roots of Freedom: A Primer on Modern Liberty

Intercollegiate Studies Institute (2000)
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Roots of Freedom is a primer on the thinkers and ideas that have shaped the foundations of free societies. John Danford traces the development of indispensable concepts such as the rule of law, independent judiciary, limited government, free markets, and individual autonomy in the writings of (among others) Luther, Machiavelli, Hobbes, Locke, Montesquieu, Hume, Adam Smith, the American founders, Alexis de Tocqueville, and John Stuart Mill.

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