We Still Hold These Truths
by Spalding, MatthewEdition: 2nd
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2010-10-15
Publisher(s): SIMON & SCHUSTER
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Summary
Many Americans are concerned, frightened, angry. The country, it seems, is on the wrong track.
Author Biography
Matthew Spalding is the director of the B. Kenneth Simon Center for American Studies at The Heritage Foundation and the author or editor of several books, including The Heritage Guide to the Constitution. The Leader's Guide companion to We Still Hold These Truths is now available.
Table of Contents
| Foreword | p. xi |
| Introduction: Curiosities in Glass Cases | p. 1 |
| A New Nation, Conceived in Liberty: The Roots of American Freedom | p. 7 |
| We Hold These Truths: Equality, Natural Rights, and the Consent of the Governed | p. 29 |
| Of Faith and Reason: The Establishment of Religious Freedom | p. 51 |
| The Fire of Opportunity: Private Property and the Spirit of Enterprise | p. 67 |
| Rule of Law: The Great Foundation of Our Constitution | p. 81 |
| Constitutionalism in Principle: The Architecture of Limited Government | p. 99 |
| Constitutionalism in Practice: The Workings of Ordered Liberty | p. 117 |
| The Virtues of Self-Government: Building Community, Forming Character, and Making Citizens | p. 135 |
| The Command of Our Fortunes: Sovereign Independence and America's Role in the World | p. 161 |
| A New Republic: The Progressive Assault on the Founders' Principles | p. 187 |
| American Renewal: The Case for Reclaiming Our Future | p. 215 |
| Bibliographic Essay and Organizational Resources | p. 241 |
| Acknowledgments | p. 253 |
| Index | p. 255 |
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