For the Founders, history was not simply an academic subject. It was a guidebook. They searched the rise and fall of the Roman Republic to understand how free governments prospered, why they declined, and how ambition, corruption, and tyranny could destroy even the strongest republic. Ancient historians such as Livy, Sallust, and Tacitus were as … Continue reading Ginger or Mary Ann? The Question The Founders Would Understand | Liberty 250