John Stuart Mill's resolute dedication to the cause of freedom inspired this 1859 treatise. Discussed and debated from time immemorial, the concept of personal liberty went without codification until the publication of this enduring work which applies an ethical system of utilitarianism to society and the state which to this day remains well known and studied. Mills (1806-1873), a British economist, philosopher, and ethical theorist whose argument...

"How can we benefit from the promise of government while avoiding the threat it poses to individual freedom? In this classic book, Milton Friedman provides the definitive statement of his immensely influential economic philosophy -- one in which competitive capitalism serves as both a device for achieving economic freedom and a necessary condition for political freedom. The result is an accessible text that has sold well over a million copies in English,...

Describes the conception and building of the giant statue known as Miss Liberty, its erection on Bedloe's Island, and the efforts in this century to modernize and renovate the monument.

Clara, a tour guide at the Liberty Bell Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, tells the history of the Liberty Bell and explains that it is part of the Independence National Historical Park today.

Two young men, united by blood but divided by loyalties, court the affections of Jeanne Corbeau in a conflict that allows no neutrals.

Introduces the Liberty Bell, explains what it means in American history, and describes what it is like to visit the bell today.

Often considered the foundation of political liberalism, John Locke's Two Treatises of Government was first published anonymously in 1689, in the wake of England's Glorious Revolution. In The First Treatise of Government, Locke refutes the idea of divine monarchy, while The Second Treatise of Government articulates Locke's philosophy of government, which he based upon his theories of natural rights and the social contract. In Locke's view, governments'...

Does the government exist to serve us-- or to master us? Napolitano offers eye-opening, sometimes frightening examples of how, time and again, the human liberties we are guaranteed in the Constitution are vanishing before our eyes.

The author argues that breaking from a regimented lifestyle is not a sign of weakness, but rather a sign that balance is a core value in life.

"It's December 23, 1971, and the Hildebrandt family is at a crossroads. The patriarch, Russ, the associate pastor of a suburban Chicago church, is poised to break free of a marriage he finds joyless--unless his brilliant and unstable wife, Marion, breaks free of it first. Their eldest child, Clem, is coming home from college afire with moral absolutism, having taken an action that will shatter his father. Clem's sister, Becky, long the social queen...