by Andrew P. Napolitano
“Which is better — to be ruled by one tyrant three thousand miles away or by three thousand tyrants one mile away? — Rev. Mather Blyes (1706-1788)
December 12, 2022 - Does it really matter if the instrument curtailing liberty is a monarch or a popularly elected legislature? This conundrum, along with the witty version of it put to a Boston crowd in 1775 by the little-known colonial-era preacher with the famous uncle - Cotton Mather - addresses the age-old question of whether liberty can long survive in
a democracy.












