
Read explores how four key Founders--James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, James Wilson, and Thomas Jefferson--wrestled with the question of whether an increase in the power of government entails a loss of liberty for the people.

Does every increase in the power of government entail a loss of liberty for the people? James H. Read examines how four key Founders--James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, James Wilson, and Thomas Jefferson--wrestled with this question during the first two decades of the American...