Books of
Interest
Origins of
AmericaBOOK : THE
FEDERALIST PAPERS
by Clinton Rossiter
A Mentor Book
New American Library Inc.
P.O. Box 999
Bergenfield, N.J. 07621
Must reading again if you haven't read it in
the last 20 years. Excellent introduction by Mr. Rossiter.
The message of The Federalist Papers is:
"...no happiness without liberty, no liberty without self-
government, no self-government without constitutionalism, no
constitutionalism without morality - and none of these
'goods' without stability and order."
If you can't read all the "papers"
themselves, at least read and contemplate the Introduction and
the Contents sections.
BOOK :
PATRIARCH
George Washington and the New American Nation
By
Richard Norton Smith
Houghton
Mifflin Company
2 Park Street
Boston, Mass. 02108
BOOK : GEORGE WASHINGTON : A LIFE
By
Willard Sterne Randall
Henry Holt & Company
115 West 18th St.
New York, N.Y. 10011
There are moments in human history it seems when
circumstances bring together elements in such a fashion that a
rarely occuring opportunity is presented. Mankind can be
advanced or hindered by it, it can inflict suffering or eleviate
suffering. Often the opportunity is not immediately recognized
for its potential. Reaction to it by the leaders of the moment
may be only the result of instinct, and instinct ebbs and flows
to the gravity of character. Such were the times in the America
of the 1770's and ' 80s.
They wanted to make George Washington a king...
he refused ! There's no question he possessed the same human
frailties that we all do but, his development of character was
far beyond most mortal men and his unselfish vision for the
country lead us thru a most trying time in circumstances
offering little hope for success.
Contrast for a minute the human history that
followed the decisions of two men: Washington, an unleashing of
the human spirit thru religious freedom, the creation of huge
private wealth under the free market system, the highest
standard of living for the average person the world has ever
achieved, the ability to stand down histories tyrants...and you
can go on from there! Then there was Lenin and the creation of
the Soviet Union. Everything the direct opposite. If you need to
refresh your memory on the human carnage caused by the system he
championed, I would refer you to the
book by Zbigniew
Bryzinski,
Out of Control .
He
documents this attempt in social engineering that
cost over 100 million their lives, with many millions today
still living under repressive systems of government of the
Soviet model.
Two
men. One with character...one without ! A moment in history...a
first step taken...a course set..
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