The 5000 Year Leap

The 5000 Year Leap
by W. Cleon Skousen

The 5000 Year Leap
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Author: W. Cleon Skousen
Reader: Earl Taylor Jr.
Edition: MP3 CD
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2007-07-11
ISBN: 0880801514
Publisher: National Center for Constitutional Studies

Book Reviews of The 5000 Year Leap

Book Review: Every American should read this book.
Summary: 5 Stars

Initially the book is a bit strong in its religious bent. That said, it echos the conclusions of John Locke, from whose works the founders derived so much. The principles are sound and clearly enumerated. The book did jump around within subject matter a bit. This made is somewhat difficult to follow, but the discussions well reinforced the subject matter.

The big conclusion one should draw from this book is the absolute arrogance of the current progressive movement. They have dismissed the founders as out of date because the founding was 200 years ago. The hubris of this position is that it totally ignores the fact that the founders thoroughly studied almost 5000 years of the politics of man in deriving their system. No progressive has ever founded any country. The Marxists and National Socialists who have 'founded' nations have consistently founded systems that prey upon their people because these systems ALWAYS degenerate to oligarchies.

The complex system of checks and balances set motion by the founders have prevailed for 200 years, but with the 2008 election, the system is dangerously out of balance. As the book points out, prior to the Revolution, the big question on the peoples' minds in general was whether they were a moral enough society to have their own country. The answer to that fundamental question will dictate what happens in the next 3 years.

The point that the book makes about considering repealing the 17th Amendment is notable. The balance between federal and state power was totally corrupted during the Roosevelt administration, but the federal assault predates FDR. The 17th Amendment should definitely be put under scrutiny as to how it affected state power.

Summary of The 5000 Year Leap

This is the best-selling Original Authorized Edition regularly featured by Glenn Beck to Fox TV viewers as a Must Read!

The nation the Founders built is now in the throes of a political, economic, social, and spiritual crisis that has driven many to an almost frantic search for modern solutions. The truth is that the solutions have been available for a long time -- in the writings of our Founding Fathers -- carefully set forth in this timely book.

In The 5000 Year Leap: A Miracle That Changed the World, discover the 28 Principles of Freedom our Founding Fathers said must be understood and perpetuated by every people who desire peace, prosperity, and freedom. Learn how adherence to these beliefs during the past 200 years has brought about more progress than was made in the previous 5000 years. These 28 Principles include The Genius of Natural Law, Virtuous and Moral Leaders, Equal Rights--Not Equal Things, and Avoiding the Burden of Debt. Published by the National Center for Constitutional Studies, a nonprofit educational foundation dedicated to restoring Constitutional principles in the tradition of America's Founding Fathers.

The National Center for Constitutional Studies...is doing a fine public service in educating Americans about the principles of the Constitution. -- Ronald Reagan, President of the United States

This is possibly the most comprehensive treatment of the genius of the American Founding Fathers which has ever been encompassed in a single volume. --Kenneth C. Chatwin, District Judge, Phoenix, Arizona

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