Andrew Napolitano on Easter and the Necessity of Freedom

When America was in its infancy and struggling to
find a culture and frustrated at governance from Great Britain, the
word most frequently uttered in speeches and pamphlets and
editorials was not safety or taxes or peace; it was
freedom. Two acts of Parliament broke the bonds with the
mother country irreparably. The first was the Stamp Act, which was
enforced by British soldiers, who used general search warrants
issued by a secret court in London to rummage through the personal
possessions of any colonists they chose. The second intolerable act
was the imposition of a tax to pay for the Church of England, which
all adult male property-owning colonists were forced to pay, no
matter their religious beliefs. When the government takes away our
free will, writes Andrew Napolitano, the government steals a gift
from God; it violates the natural law; it prevents us from having
and utilizing the means to the truth.

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