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The Enduring Principles of the American Founding

Name: The Enduring Principles of the American Founding
Author: Matthew Spalding
ISBN: 9780891950950

by Matthew Spalding

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Overview

In April 2000, just after the turn of the new century, The Heritage Foundation brought together some of the nation's most prominent thinkers to discuss The Enduring Principles of the American Founding. Meeting in Philadelphia, the birthplace of the American Republic, Michael Novak, Walter Williams, Edwin Feulner, Charles Kesler, Malcolm Wallop, Kim Holmes, and Robert Bork were asked to consider our nation's first principles and how well had they fared over the course of the twentieth century. The essays in this volume are their considered answers. While each responded in his own way and raised different concerns, they all agree that the renewal of republican self-government in this country requires the revival of the principles of the American Founding. Without this revival, one must wonder -- as did Abraham Lincoln at Gettysburg -- whether this nation, or any nation so conceived, can long endure.

Synopsis

In April 2000, The Heritage Foundation brought together some of the nation's most prominent thinkers to consider our nation's first principles and how well they had fared over the course of the twentieth century. The result is The Enduring Principles of the American Founding, a collection of essays by such notable authorities as Edwin Feulner, Michael Novak, Walter Williams, Charles Kesler, Malcolm Wallop, Kim Holmes, and Robert Bork. While each responded in their own way and raised different concerns, they all agree that the renewal of republican self-government in this country requires the revival of the principles of the American founding.