The Federalists shared a healthy disdain for government, as articulated in the Federalist Papers' detailed description of the limitations on government as set forth in our Constitution and its Bill of Rights. The Moral Promise of Freedom Today the promise of private property is routinely violated by both private criminals and government dictate. The attack on property began subtly at first, but today it has become explicit, sometimes brutal, and sometimes even deadly. No matter what they call themselves, the people who have similar dreams of total social and economic control today are on the left, not the right. Quigley told, while not 'all', enough so that his book was pulled by the publisher and the plates destroyed.
Some copies are in existence.
Two revolutions contend for the American soul. Many laws on the books today are repugnant to the Constitution. Constitutionally protected rights are daily violated. The government is out of control. There never was a democracy yet that did not commit suicide.