4 May 2008
Quotes from The Book of the Month
Posted by Joy Bischoff under: Book of the Month .
As I studied Constitutional law, there was always a nagging curiosity as to why someone had not taken the time and trouble to catalogue the ingredients of the founding fathers phenomenal success formula so it would be less complex and easier to digest. It seemed incredible that these gems of political sagacity had to be dug out of obscurity by each individual doing it piecemeal and never really knowing for certain that the whole puzzle had been completely assembled…
As I talked to some of these enthusiastic new congressmen, it soon became apparent that their zeal was sincere and that any mistakes they might be making were the results of ignorance, not malicious intent. In fact, all of us belonged to a generation that had never been taught the clearcut, decisive principles of sound politics and economics enunciated by the founders. Somebody had apparently decided these were not very important any more.
The 5,000 Leap by w. Cleon Skousen
(Join us in reading this book for our May selection. We will discuss our insights the last two days of the month on the blog.)
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