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George Washington - America's First Progressive (Hardcover, New edition)
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George Washington - America's First Progressive (Hardcover, New edition)
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George Washington defined progressivism and provided the rationale
for its constitutional basis in a vision of self-government: a
nation dedicated to and capable of sustaining civil and religious
liberty, the intertwined ends of politics as he saw it. For
Washington, religious liberty was not a side benefit of
independence but rather the objective for which independence was
sought. Washington's political philosophy - radical for his time -
was a commitment to the belief that law can never make just what is
in its nature unjust. Before the close of the Revolutionary War, he
had conceived of a union based on the progressive principle that
the American people would qualify for self-government in the sense
of free institutions in proportion to their moral capacity to
govern themselves by the light of reason. Washington managed the
conflicts over the spoils of victory that threatened to fracture
the union. Containing this discord «within the walls of the
Constitution may be considered his single greatest achievement.
This overview traces Washington's political development through the
war years, describes his contributions to the Constitution and the
founding of America, debunks misrepresentations of Washington's
relationship to slavery, and touches his presidential
administration, including his precedent-setting decision to retire
from the presidency after two terms. This book will be useful in
courses on the American founding era, American studies, political
philosophy and leadership, as well as of interest and value to the
general reader.
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