Today the integrity and unity of the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution are under attack by the Progressive political movement. And yet; writes Larry P. Arnn:“The words of the Declaration of Independence ring across the ages. The arrangements of the Constitution have a way of organizing our actions so as to produce certain desirable results; and they have done this more reliably than any governing instrument in the history of man. Connect these arrangements to the beauty of the Declaration and one has something inspiring and commanding.â€From Chapter 2; The Founders’ KeyDr. Arnn; president of Hillsdale College; reveals this integral unity of the Declaration and the Constitution. Together; they form the pillars upon which the liberties and rights of the American people stand. United; they have guided history’s first self-governing nation; forming our government under certain universal and eternal principles. Unfortunately; the effort to redefine government to reflect “the changing and growing social order†has gone very far toward success. Politicians such as Franklin Roosevelt found ways to condemn and discard the Constitution and to redefine the Declaration to justify government without limit. As a result; both documents have been weakened; their influence diminished; and their meaning obscured―paving the way for the modern administrative state; unaccountable to the will of the people.The Founders’ Key is a powerful call to rediscover the connection between these two mighty documents; and thereby restore our political faith and revive our free institutions.
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30 of 30 people found the following review helpful. Quasi-PeaceBy VA DuckIt is common to think that the surrender of Cornwallis' army at Yorktown; Virginia in the fall of 1781 marked the "end of the war". It certainly was the last great land battle of the Revolution and undermined political support for the war within in the British Parliament; but the battles raged on and in many places as hot as ever until the peace accords were recognized in 1783. For those who wonder what the military and economic and naval state of affairs was like during the two years following the quasi-peace of Yorktown and the finality brought about by the Treaty of Paris on September 3rd; 1783 - Don Glickstein has written its broad complex account with this book.The book is long (and occasionally reads long); it is also comprehensive; covering the end of the war on the continent and on the seas and documents much of the un-civility of both sides. Author Glickstein uses the terms Whigs and Tories to sort out the adversaries without yielding a moral superiority to either side. The structure of the book is in Parts and Chapters allowing a region to be collected into a part; with its chapters - often unrelated militarily - to document each of the many individual stories. For most - even those familiar through other reading with the war - this will be in very large part 'new' and that always makes a read more interesting and; Glickstein also brings the talent of a skilled writer making the read a pleasure. This book can; "be put down" because the 'parts' and even the chapters often stand alone. The lesson of the book; for this reader at least; is a shock and sadness at the brutality and rabid hatred between the rival sides - far more than was evidenced by the large professional armies of Clinton; Cornwallis; Washington; or Rochambeau. Not unexpectedly; we see the injustice and disloyalty put upon the native people; sometimes simply because they took the wrong side in the war; sometimes because of their own brand of brutality; often simply for the avarice of land speculation that had its start during this period.The book loses focus in parts six seven (the Mediterranean and India) with topics so detached; or at most tangential to; "...The Final Struggle for American Independence" that the reader becomes disoriented to the author's purpose. Even so; the book is an impressively broad spectrum of research; a well written documentary of war on the fringes of the original 13 states and a recommended read - particularly for those interested in the American Founding Period and the war that gave it start.____________The publisher (Westholme Publishing) 'shorts' the purchaser of the kindle edition by eliminating page numbers - relying instead on the handful of other debilitated metrics; none of which correlate meaningfully to the paper edition.1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. This was a great read - kept a good pace and I learned ...By CustomerThis was a great read - kept a good pace and I learned a lot about our country during and "after" the Revolution. It's well researched but you're not burdened with footnotes; etc. - well documented at the end of the book. I highly recommend it.1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Very interesting reading.By R. B. MacHattonThis book was full of tid bits of information that you don't often come across. Well written and interesting.
