Come Home, America: The Rise and Fall (and Redeeming Promise) of Our Country
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- Synopsis
- "The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present," Abraham Lincoln once declared. "The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must rise with the occasion. As our case is new, so must we think anew, and act anew. We must disenthrall ourselves and then we shall save our country." His words are from 1862, when the Civil War was in its second year and already more terrible than expected. I think we are in a roughly similar place, without a great war to focus our energies. The "stormy present" has begun and it will become harsher and more confusing. But if we think anew, we can save the country. Come home, America. Instead of trying to run the world, let us tend our own wounded society. Let go of inflated claims to global dominance. Instead, redeem the fundamental values and sacred principles of the national inheritance. Do not resign from the world. Rejoin it on more practical and promising terms.
- Copyright:
- 2009
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Excellent
- Book Size:
- 328 Pages
- ISBN-13:
- 9781594868160
- Publisher:
- Rodale Press, Incorporated
- Date of Addition:
- 02/21/10
- Copyrighted By:
- William Greider
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- History, Nonfiction, Business and Finance, Politics and Government, Sociology
- Submitted By:
- Deborah Murray
- Proofread By:
- Jim Shaffer
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.
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