The Healing of America
It was 150 year ago that Alexis de Tocqueville, the great French admirer of the United States, foresaw the perilious state of our nation that we face today. He wrote, "There is, indeed, a most dangerous passage in the history of a democratic people."
First, he warned, "Freedom ... is ... especially favorable to the production of wealth." However, a prospering people tend to be carried away in "their intense and exclusive anxiety to make a fortune." They get too busy to study or be involved in political issues. When this happens, de Tocqueville predicted that it might be the beginning of the end for American democracy.
He predicted: "It is not necessary to do violence to such a people in order to strip them of the rights they enjoy: they themselves willingly loosen their hold. The discharge of political duties appears to them to be a troublesome annoyance, which drives them from their occupation and business. If they be required to elect representatives, to support the government by personal service, to meet on public business, they have no time -- they cannot waste their precious time in useless engagements.... These people think they are following the principles of self-interest ... the better to look after what they call their business."
But in reality, "they neglect their chief business, which is to remain their own masters." What can be done to reverse this dangerous trend? This Constitutional seminar covers the areas in which America needs to be healed and cured, including the money system, the Federal reserve, the national debt, tax reform, the Supreme Court, and labor unions. For those seeking answers and solutions to America�s problems, they can be found here.
Fully illustrated. Footnotes linked within the text. Complete table of contents.
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First, he warned, "Freedom ... is ... especially favorable to the production of wealth." However, a prospering people tend to be carried away in "their intense and exclusive anxiety to make a fortune." They get too busy to study or be involved in political issues. When this happens, de Tocqueville predicted that it might be the beginning of the end for American democracy.
He predicted: "It is not necessary to do violence to such a people in order to strip them of the rights they enjoy: they themselves willingly loosen their hold. The discharge of political duties appears to them to be a troublesome annoyance, which drives them from their occupation and business. If they be required to elect representatives, to support the government by personal service, to meet on public business, they have no time -- they cannot waste their precious time in useless engagements.... These people think they are following the principles of self-interest ... the better to look after what they call their business."
But in reality, "they neglect their chief business, which is to remain their own masters." What can be done to reverse this dangerous trend? This Constitutional seminar covers the areas in which America needs to be healed and cured, including the money system, the Federal reserve, the national debt, tax reform, the Supreme Court, and labor unions. For those seeking answers and solutions to America�s problems, they can be found here.
Fully illustrated. Footnotes linked within the text. Complete table of contents.
The Healing of America
It was 150 year ago that Alexis de Tocqueville, the great French admirer of the United States, foresaw the perilious state of our nation that we face today. He wrote, "There is, indeed, a most dangerous passage in the history of a democratic people."
First, he warned, "Freedom ... is ... especially favorable to the production of wealth." However, a prospering people tend to be carried away in "their intense and exclusive anxiety to make a fortune." They get too busy to study or be involved in political issues. When this happens, de Tocqueville predicted that it might be the beginning of the end for American democracy.
He predicted: "It is not necessary to do violence to such a people in order to strip them of the rights they enjoy: they themselves willingly loosen their hold. The discharge of political duties appears to them to be a troublesome annoyance, which drives them from their occupation and business. If they be required to elect representatives, to support the government by personal service, to meet on public business, they have no time -- they cannot waste their precious time in useless engagements.... These people think they are following the principles of self-interest ... the better to look after what they call their business."
But in reality, "they neglect their chief business, which is to remain their own masters." What can be done to reverse this dangerous trend? This Constitutional seminar covers the areas in which America needs to be healed and cured, including the money system, the Federal reserve, the national debt, tax reform, the Supreme Court, and labor unions. For those seeking answers and solutions to America�s problems, they can be found here.
Fully illustrated. Footnotes linked within the text. Complete table of contents.
First, he warned, "Freedom ... is ... especially favorable to the production of wealth." However, a prospering people tend to be carried away in "their intense and exclusive anxiety to make a fortune." They get too busy to study or be involved in political issues. When this happens, de Tocqueville predicted that it might be the beginning of the end for American democracy.
He predicted: "It is not necessary to do violence to such a people in order to strip them of the rights they enjoy: they themselves willingly loosen their hold. The discharge of political duties appears to them to be a troublesome annoyance, which drives them from their occupation and business. If they be required to elect representatives, to support the government by personal service, to meet on public business, they have no time -- they cannot waste their precious time in useless engagements.... These people think they are following the principles of self-interest ... the better to look after what they call their business."
But in reality, "they neglect their chief business, which is to remain their own masters." What can be done to reverse this dangerous trend? This Constitutional seminar covers the areas in which America needs to be healed and cured, including the money system, the Federal reserve, the national debt, tax reform, the Supreme Court, and labor unions. For those seeking answers and solutions to America�s problems, they can be found here.
Fully illustrated. Footnotes linked within the text. Complete table of contents.
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| BN ID: | 2940014021692 |
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| Publisher: | Verity Publishing |
| Publication date: | 02/08/2012 |
| Sold by: | Barnes & Noble |
| Format: | eBook |
| File size: | 287 KB |
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