The following is adapted from a speech “Freedom and Obligation” delivered on May 14, 2016, at Hillsdale College’s 164th Commencement ceremony. Today, when it seems that grievance rather than responsibility is the main means of elevation, my grandfather’s beliefs may …

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The following is adapted from a speech “Freedom and Obligation” delivered on May 14, 2016, at Hillsdale College’s 164th Commencement ceremony. Being at Hillsdale College, it is appropriate that we should reflect briefly on our ancestors’ understanding of what was …

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The following is adapted from a speech “Freedom and Obligation” delivered on May 14, 2016, at Hillsdale College’s 164th Commencement ceremony. In my youth, we had a small farm. I am convinced that the time I spent there had much …

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I’m sure many of you wonder how, and why, our country continues to devolve away from the rule of law. So do I. There seems to be a sickness in the land, and recent reports are disturbing, to say the …

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Freedom and Obligation – 2016 Commencement Speech Clarence Thomas is an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. Born in Pinpoint, Georgia, he is a graduate of the College of the Holy Cross and Yale Law School. …

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The following is adapted from a speech [The Danger of the Black Lives Matter Movement] delivered on April 27, 2016, at Hillsdale College’s Allan P. Kirby, Jr. Center for Constitutional Studies and Citizenship in Washington, D.C., as part of the …

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The following is adapted from a speech [The Danger of the Black Lives Matter Movement] delivered on April 27, 2016, at Hillsdale College’s Allan P. Kirby, Jr. Center for Constitutional Studies and Citizenship in Washington, D.C., as part of the …

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The following is adapted from a speech [ The Danger of the Black Lives Matter Movement] delivered on April 27, 2016, at Hillsdale College’s Allan P. Kirby, Jr. Center for Constitutional Studies and Citizenship in Washington, D.C., as part of …

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“They have no hope.” That was the sum of what we were talking about. My wife and I had lunch yesterday with a gentleman who, in all likelihood, would know what he was talking about. A personable man. An intelligent …

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The following is adapted from a speech [The Danger of the Black Lives Matter Movement] delivered on April 27, 2016, at Hillsdale College’s Allan P. Kirby, Jr. Center for Constitutional Studies and Citizenship in Washington, D.C., as part of the …

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