Reading Arbitrary Government Described and the Government of the Massachusetts Vindicated from that Aspersion | Alexandria
Read Arbitrary Government Described and the Government of the Massachusetts Vindicated from that Aspersion by John Winthrop. Defending liberty through controlled power, this icon shows how democracy requires restraint. Winthrop argued that freedom paradoxically needs limits - a radical idea that shaped American governance. His striking insight? True liberty comes from voluntary submission to just authority, not absolute independence.