it must have been all of your reading of harrington, law, said he and philosophical treatises. i never heard of them, he said. i only read the bible. the catechism and songs. what was it asked the interview? was was it that got you to fight against the british? young man, he said, what we meant in going after those redcoats was this colin quote we had always govern ourselves, we always meant to. they didn't mean that we should. barry simple answer to a very simple question. do we mean to govern ourselves? i think that is the question we face today. will we governor ourselves or will we be governed by increasingly on limited government that does more and more in our lives that is less and less responsible to our will and is taking us further and further not only into debt but into dependency. i believe we have come to an important decision for our country and that brings me to the book. i wrote this book for two reasons i want to chat about a little bit today. the first reason is that as a historian, and someone who loves to read about history it's very hard not to see, very pla