Isbn: 9780997018103 - the federalist: excerpts with commentary (10 Ergebnisse)

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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - THE FEDERALIST PAPERS were a series of newspaper articles published by Madison, Hamilton, and Jay to persuade the citizens of 1787 and 1788 to vote for the newly proposed Constitution upon which our American government is based. They were so well done that Thomas Jefferson called them 'The best commentary on the principles of government ever written.' Despite the passage of years, the founders' insights are as fresh as the latest headlines and deal with such topics as excessive legislation, arrogance in public officials, limitations of government, multiculturalism, taxation, and more. The problem for modern readers is THE PAPERS are long (about 600 pages) and sometimes difficult to understand. This is where THE FEDERALIST, EXCERPTS WITH COMMENTARY comes in. First published in 1994, it earned such comments as 'a delectable book' (R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr., THE AMERICAN SPECTATOR) and 'I will keep this important work in my office' (Clarence Thomas, Supreme Court Justice).This new edition of THE FEDERALIST, EXCERPTS WITH COMMENTARY brings you the best quotes from that 'best commentary' along with short explanations of their importance in today's America. Ours is an age of constitutional crisis, not just the conflicts between Congress and President or between conservative and liberal, but a crisis of understanding the basic principles and objectives of American government. Reading THE FEDERALIST can help deal with that crisis. In the words of Mark Brunelle in THE OREGON OBSERVER, 'This short book is a must read . . worth its weight in gold! . . . (A) timely work . . . a masterpiece!'.…

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