The Anti-Federalists: Guardians of Liberty
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Jon Harris
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🗓️ 6 September 2025
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In this episode of the Anglo-American Conservative Books Series, we dive into the Anti-Federalist Papers, a critical yet often overlooked voice in America’s founding.
The Anti-Federalists, including figures like Patrick Henry, George Clinton, and Elbridge Gerry, opposed the stronger central government proposed by the Constitution, advocating instead for decentralized power and individual liberties.
Often mislabeled, they were the true federalists, warning of the risks posed by a powerful federal government. Their prescient critiques led to the inclusion of the Bill of Rights and cemented their place in America’s decentralist, conservative tradition.
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| 1:06.0 | Welcome to part two of our conservative book series. |
| 1:09.4 | I'm your host, John Harris. |
| 1:10.6 | We are going to talk today about the anti-federalist papers. I'm your host, John Harris. We are going to talk today |
| 1:12.2 | about the anti-federalist papers. Now, admittedly, the anti-federalist papers are not a book, |
| 1:17.5 | like the last book we did, which was Reflections on the Revolution in France by Edmund Burke. |
| 1:22.7 | That was a book by an individual, and it's very easy to follow a book. This is a little more complicated. |
| 1:29.3 | This is a series of essays, many of them showing up in newspapers that were critical of the |
| 1:35.9 | United States Constitution of 1787. The federalists saw things that they thought would lead to |
| 1:42.7 | potential tyranny. And they wrote about them and many of their predictions, well, I'll let you be the judge. |
| 1:48.1 | But they seem to have known something about where this was going to head. |
| 1:52.7 | Now, the federalists, you might have heard of because the federalist papers are often used to |
| 1:56.8 | interpret the United States Constitution as they should be. |
| 1:59.9 | Conservatives and not just conservatives, but people interested in understanding the federal |
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