It's become fashionable among the liberal elite to downplay,
deride, even deny America's greatness. The political correctness
police insist that America is "hated" around the world for being
too big, too powerful, too rich, too successful, too loud, too
intrusive. And besides, it's not nice to brag. They are completely
missing the point. America's greatness, America's exceptional
greatness, is not based on that fact that we are the most powerful,
most prosperous-and most generous-nation on earth. Rather, those
things are the result of American Exceptionalism. To understand
American Exceptionalism, as Newt Gingrich passionately argues in A
Nation Like No Other, one must understand our unique birth as a
nation. American Exceptionalism is found in the simple yet utterly
remarkable principles expressed in the Declaration of Independence,
"that all men are created equal, that we are endowed by our Creator
with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life,
liberty, the pursuit of happiness." Our nation is exceptional,
continues Newt, because we-unlike any nation before or since-are
united by the belief and the promise that no king, no government,
no ruling class has the power to infringe upon the rights of the
individual. And when such a government attempts to do so, we will
vigorously reject them. Sadly, many politicians and leaders today
have forgotten our sacred commitment to these ideals. Our
government has strayed alarmingly far from the scope of limited
powers framed by our Founders. Meanwhile, the liberal media seek
out, and sometimes create, stories intended to portray America as a
bully and a thief. Even our own president seems clueless, assuring
us that yes, yes, he believes in American exceptionalism, just like
the Greeks believe in Greek exceptionalism and the British in
British exceptionalism. But American Exceptionalism is not about
cheerleading for the home team. It's about recognizing and honoring
the history-making, world-changing ideals our Founding Fathers
enshrined to make this a nation of the people, by the people, for
the people. And, as Lincoln warned, we must rededicate ourselves to
those principles, lest our truly exceptional nation perish from
this earth.
General
Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate?
Let us know about it.
Does this product have an incorrect or missing image?
Send us a new image.
Is this product missing categories?
Add more categories.
Review This Product
No reviews yet - be the first to create one!
Welcome to Loot.co.za!
Sign in / Register |Wishlists & Gift Vouchers |Help | Advanced search
