Alexis de Tocqueville held that freedom, democracy, and equality would replace the monarchies and aristocracy of Europe. He viewed religion as a pillar of society and necessary for that society's goodness and well-being.

Albert Venn Dicey argued brilliantly for the impartiality of the courts and the Rule of Law. He held that the law is there for all to obey and that no one, not even those in the highest reaches of government, is exempt from obeying the law.

Benjamin Franklin, as one of America's Founding Fathers, a member of the Continental Congress and a signer of the Declaration of Independence used his skillful diplomacy in the Constitutional Convention of 1787 to hammer out the terms of state representation in the legislative branch of government. During the Revolutionary War Franklin secured America's recognition as a nation by the major European nation of France and convinced France to provide support and aid in the Revolutionary War against Great Britain. Franklin went on to secure the Treaty of Paris, which formally ended the Revolutionary War.

Early in the 1960s Charlotte Thomson Iserbyt recognized the profound transformation of American education from a learning based system of locally controlled schools providing future generations of concerned and aware American citizens to a behavior modification system designed to churn out unthinking, uncritical "citizens of the world" trained to accept socialism. She continues to this day to write articles and grant radio interviews warning Americans of their loss of freedoms to the State and corporate fascism.