From the Liberty Bell's Biblical inscription: "Proclaim liberty throughout the land" to the words of America, the patriotic song, Americans always knew that liberty and freedom were the great prize available to Americans--that is, until the Liberal/Progressive ideology began to invade and take over the minds of a sufficient number of citizens to take attention off the great philosophy of our Declaration of Independence--a Declaration which asserted that Creator-endowed life, rights, and the liberty to enjoy them were unalienable.
Frédéric Bastiat wrote the famous pamphlet,The Law, back in 1850. It remains one of the most crystal clear cases for the power of Freedom and the justification for a free capitalist vs. socialist system.
What I love about Bastiat's work is it gets down to first principles: the logic is quite satisfying.
In an off-and-on project, I have been editing the English translation of Bastiat's Law. The goal is to get The Law in as plain English text as possible. I also saw fit to remove several sections of the pamphlet that talk about Universal Sufferage, but kind of distract from the more powerful main theme.
Download the MS Word file here.
Would be interested to hear what you think of it and any ideas you may have to best present this to a larger audience.