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100 1 _aHennessy, Francis X.
245 1 0 _aCitizen or subject?
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2023
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
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500 _aRelease date is 2023-11-11
508 _aTim Lindell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
520 _a"Citizen or Subject?" by Francis X. Hennessy is a philosophical treatise written in the early 20th century. The book discusses the importance of understanding the status of an American citizen in relation to government, particularly in the context of the Eighteenth Amendment, which the author argues was improperly included in the Constitution. Hennessy seeks to educate readers on the foundational principles of American democracy, emphasizing the distinction between citizens and subjects. The opening of the work establishes a critical examination of the average American's understanding of citizenship, highlighting an apparent ignorance that could threaten individual freedoms. Hennessy asserts that if the notion of American citizenship exists, then the Eighteenth Amendment cannot be legitimately part of the Constitution. He frames the narrative around the historical context of American independence, stressing the need for citizens to be aware of their rights and responsibilities, and tracing the evolution from being subjects under British rule to becoming citizens with constitutional powers. The author passionately argues that a failure to understand this distinction can lead to a regression into a state of subjugation. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _pOriginally published:
_cNew York: E. P. Dutton and Company, 1923
653 _aConstitutional history -- United States
653 _aUnited States -- Politics and government
653 _aUnited States. Constitution. 18th Amendment
856 4 _uhttps://archive.org/details/citizenorsubject00henn/page/n5
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/72099
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