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Search - Our Lost Declaration: America's Fight Against Tyranny from King George to the Deep State

Our Lost Declaration America's Fight Against Tyranny from King George to the Deep State
Author: Mike Lee

New York Times bestselling author and committed constitutional conservative Senator Mike Lee reveals the little-known stories behind the Founder's takedown of a tyrannical king and the forgotten document that created America. — There is perhaps no more powerful sentence in human history, written in Philadelphia in the oppressively hot summerof 17...  more »76: "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness."

Despite the earth-shattering power of Jefferson's simple sentence and the document in which it is found, many Americans today don't understand or appreciate the Declaration's gravity. As a result, we have lost touch with much of what makes our country so special: the distinctly American belief in the dignity of every human soul.

Our nation was born in an act of rebellion against an all-powerful government. In Our Lost Declaration, Senator Mike Lee tells the dramatic, little-known stories of the offenses committed by the British crown against its own subjects. From London's attempts to shut down colonial legislatures to hauling John Hancock before a court without a jury, the abuses of a strong central government were felt far and wide. They spurred our Founders to risk their lives in defense of their rights, and their efforts established a vision of political freedom that would change the course of history.

Lee shares new insights into the personalities who shaped that vision, such as:

  *  Thomas Paine, a populist radical who nearly died making his voyage from Great Britain to the colonies before writing his revolutionary pamphlet, Common Sense.

  *  Edmund Randolph, who chaired the convention in which Virginia declared reconciliation with the British Crown impossible.

  *  Thomas Jefferson, who persevered through a debilitating health crisis to pen the document that would officially begin the American experiment.

Senator Lee also shows us why it's essential to understand the Declaration if we want to roll back the oppressiveness of today's big government. He makes vividly clear how many abuses of federal power today are rooted in neglect of the Declaration, including federal overreach that corrupts state legislatures, the judicial system, and even international trade.

The Declaration of Independence has so much to teach us about risk-taking, achievement, fulfillment, and yes, happiness. By rediscovering it, we can help launch a movement to take back our government and make it responsive to its citizens. Then we can remind our leaders in Washington D.C. that they serve us--not the other way around.

ISBN-13: 9780525538554
ISBN-10: 0525538550
Publication Date: 4/23/2019
Pages: 240
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Publisher: Sentinel
Book Type: Hardcover
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