WE STILL HOLD THESE TRUTHS: Rediscovering Our Principles, Reclaiming Our Future

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Many Americans are concerned, frightened, angry. The country, it seems, is on the wrong track.

But what is the right course for America" Knowing what we stand against is not the same as knowing what we stand for.

Just in time, The Heritage Foundation's Matthew Spalding provides the plan for translating angst into proper action in this bestselling book. We Still Hold These Truths offers a bracing analysis of how and why we have lost our bearings...

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Overview

Many Americans are concerned, frightened, angry. The country, it seems, is on the wrong track.

But what is the right course for America" Knowing what we stand against is not the same as knowing what we stand for.

Just in time, The Heritage Foundation's Matthew Spalding provides the plan for translating angst into proper action in this bestselling book. We Still Hold These Truths offers a bracing analysis of how and why we have lost our bearings as a nation and lays out the strategy to rescue our future from arbitrary and unlimited government.

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  • ISBN-13: 9781935191926
  • Publisher: ISI Books
  • Publication date: 10/15/2010
  • Edition description: 2nd Edition
  • Edition number: 2
  • Pages: 267
  • Sales rank: 289,538
  • Product dimensions: 6.00 (w) x 8.90 (h) x 0.70 (d)

Table of Contents

Foreword William J. Bennett xi

Introduction: Curiosities in Glass Cases 1

1 A New Nation, Conceived in Liberty: The Roots of American Freedom 7

2 We Hold These Truths: Equality, Natural Rights, and the Consent of the Governed 29

3 Of Faith and Reason: The Establishment of Religious Freedom 51

4 The Fire of Opportunity: Private Property and the Spirit of Enterprise 67

5 Rule of Law: The Great Foundation of Our Constitution 81

6 Constitutionalism in Principle: The Architecture of Limited Government 99

7 Constitutionalism in Practice: The Workings of Ordered Liberty 117

8 The Virtues of Self-Government: Building Community, Forming Character, and Making Citizens 135

9 The Command of Our Fortunes: Sovereign Independence and America's Role in the World 161

10 A New Republic: The Progressive Assault on the Founders' Principles 187

11 American Renewal: The Case for Reclaiming Our Future 215

Bibliographic Essay and Organizational Resources 241

Acknowledgments 253

Index 255

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