The Founders' Key: The Divine and Natural Connection Between the Declaration and the Constitution and What We Risk by Losing It
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
The Founders' Key: The Divine and Natural Connection Between the Declaration and the Constitution and What We Risk by Losing It
By (Author) Dr. Larry Arnn
Thomas Nelson Publishers
Thomas Nelson Publishers
1st October 2013
United States
Classifications
General
Non Fiction
320.101
Physical Properties
Paperback
240
Width 139mm, Height 213mm, Spine 15mm
244g
Description
Today the integrity and unity of the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution are under attack by the Progressive political movement. And yet, writes Larry P. Arnn:
The words of the Declaration of Independence ring across the ages. The arrangements of the Constitution have a way of organizing our actions so as to produce certain desirable results, and they have done this more reliably than any governing instrument in the history of man. Connect these arrangements to the beauty of the Declaration and one has something inspiring and commanding.
From Chapter 2,The Founders Key
Dr. Arnn, president of Hillsdale College, reveals this integral unity of the Declaration and the Constitution. Together, they form the pillars upon which the liberties and rights of the American people stand. United, they have guided historys first self-governing nation, forming our government under certain universal and eternal principles. Unfortunately, the effort to redefine government to reflect the changing and growing social order has gone very far toward success. Politicians such as Franklin Roosevelt found ways to condemn and discard the Constitution and to redefine the Declaration to justify government without limit. As a result, both documents have been weakened, their influence diminished, and their meaning obscuredpaving the way for the modern administrative state, unaccountable to the will of the people.
The Founders Keyis a powerful call to rediscover the connection between these two mighty documents, and thereby restore our political faith and revive our free institutions.
Author Bio
Larry P. Arnn is the president of Hillsdale College. He has been published widely on issues of public policy, history, and political theory, and is the author of Liberty and Learning and The Founders' Key. He lives in Hillsdale, MI.
