Liberty Unfinished

Reclaiming the Republic the Founders Never Finished

Liberty Unfinished is a bold political reflection on the promise and contradictions of the American experiment. Dr. Dierdre Ware challenges the illusion that freedom was ever complete, arguing that liberty remains a living pursuit—one inherited but never perfected. Writing from the perspective of a Black libertarian and moderate progressive, Ware confronts America’s founding paradoxes while calling for a return to responsibility, dignity, and moral accountability in public life.

This work reimagines what the republic could become if citizens reclaimed the unfinished ideals of self-governance, equality, and conscience. It is not a rejection of America’s origins but a demand that its promise be fulfilled by a generation unafraid to finish what was begun.