Project Gutenberg 2023-11-11 Public domain in the USA. 138 Hennessy, Francis X. 24003481 Citizen or subject? $aNew York :$bE. P. Dutton and Company, $c1923. Tim 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) "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.) https://archive.org/details/citizenorsubject00henn/page/n5 20190321163216hennessy 1923 US Reading ease score: 36.7 (College-level). Difficult to read. en Constitutional history -- United States United States -- Politics and government United States. Constitution. 18th Amendment JK Text Category: History - American Category: Philosophy & Ethics Category: Politics 940995 2025-07-28T12:55:12.782161 text/html 918604 2023-11-11T22:14:05 text/html 671873 2025-07-28T12:55:24.689081 application/epub+zip 667135 2025-07-28T12:55:15.421134 application/epub+zip 560988 2025-07-28T12:55:13.911139 application/epub+zip 1564708 2025-07-28T12:55:31.226088 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1482538 2025-07-28T12:55:23.404131 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 874503 2025-07-28T12:55:11.471162 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 854652 2023-11-11T22:14:05 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16128 2025-07-28T12:55:31.402050 application/rdf+xml 16568 2025-07-28T12:55:14.425130 image/jpeg 2386 2025-07-28T12:55:14.188136 image/jpeg 1318224 2025-07-28T12:55:12.856128 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog