Join us as we chat with award-winning hist orian David O. Stewart where he asks: What did America's founders say abou t democracy\, and can we remain true to their vision for America?
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\nTwo hundred fifty years ago\, passionate men attempted to create something the world had never seen before: a nation built not on kings or armies\, but on ideas where the people ruled.
\nHe takes us inside the nine key d ocuments that shaped the formation of the United States and voices of visi onary founders who \;forged the principles that must still define Amer ican democracy:
\nPower must be limited.
Leaders must answer to
the people.
Individual rights must be protected by law.
The Democracy We Must Keep \;urges readers to rediscover co
re ideas that built the nation&mdash\;and to consider what it will take to
protect them.
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\nAbout the Author:
\nDavid O. Stewart has published eleven award-winning and best-selling books of history and historical novels. In 2023\, he received the Lifetime Achi evement Award of the Washington Independent Review of Books. His most rece nt fictional series\, the Overstreet Saga\, is inspired by family stories his mother told. He lives in Maryland with the light of his life\, Nancy F loreen\; they have three children and six grandchildren.
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