Riding through Sussex, William Cobbett comes across a large
family relaxing together in front of their charming cottage.
byWilliam Cobbett1762-1835
Classical History
Treat Me Like a King!
When Porus, the Indian king, surrendered to Alexander the
Great at Jhelum, he had only one request to make of him.
byFlavius Arrianus2nd century AD
The British Constitution
Liberty and the Magistrate
The citizen should not dutifully accept government
intrusion as the price of community life.
byJohn Trenchard1662-1723andThomas Gibson?-1750
The British Constitution
The Wisdom of the People
In one of his ‘Cato Letters’, John Trenchard took issue with the
view (popular in Westminster) that the public could not be left to make up their own minds.
byJohn Trenchard1662-1723andThomas Gibson?-1750
Free Speech and Conscience
Thank Heaven for Free Speech
The authors of the ‘Cato Letters’ recalled how Greek general
Timoleon replied when the people he had saved from oppression turned and bit him.
byJohn Trenchard1662-1723andThomas Gibson?-1750
Extracts from Literature
A Perpetual Summer
A transported convict writes home to England urging his wife to join him
as soon as possible.
