What did America's founders say about demo cracy\, and can we remain true to their vision for America?
\nTwo hu ndred fifty years ago\, passionate men attempted to create something the w orld had never seen before: a nation built not on kings or armies\, but on ideas where the people ruled.
\nIn \;The Democracy We Must Keep \, historian David O. Stewart takes readers inside the nine key documents that shaped the formation of the United States&mdash\;from Patrick Henry's thunderous cry for liberty to the carefully crafted design of a governmen t chosen by the people\, with limits on all officials holding power under the Constitution.
\nThrough the words of seven visionary founders&md ash\;Washington\, Jefferson\, Madison\, Hamilton\, Gouverneur Morris\, and others&mdash\;Stewart shows how a fragile experiment in self-government t ook shape.
\nThese men were not saints. They argued passionately. Th ey worried that the new nation might fall apart. Yet together\, they forge d the principles that must still define American democracy:
\nPower
must be limited.
Leaders must answer to the people.
Individual r
ights must be protected by law.
As the United States celebrates its 2
50th anniversary\, \;The Democracy We Must Keep \;urges readers to
rediscover core ideas that built the nation&mdash\;and to consider what i
t will take to protect them.
Register today to gain a deeper under standing of how American democracy started\, why it still matters\, and th e active role each generation must play to uphold it.
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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 Achievement Award of the Washington Independent Review of Books. His most recent fictional series\, the Overstreet Saga\, is inspired by family stories his mother told. He lives in Maryland with t he light of his life\, Nancy Floreen\; they have three children and six gr andchildren.
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