The True Patriot
by Eric Liu, Nick Hanauer
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Author: Eric Liu, Nick HanauerEdition: Hardcover
Published: 2008-01-15
ISBN: 1570615578
Number of pages: 136
Publisher: Sasquatch Books
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Summary: 4 Stars
"...if we want great leaders, we must demand great citizenship of ourselves."
With these words the authors have identified the key to understanding what American patriotism is all about. For too long we have abrogated our responsibility, our duty, as citizens. Our country was founded by "We the People" but we have been absent landlords.
Even though I consider myself a conservative the authors of this little book make some very good points about how out of balance we have become as a nation. This book is a good starting point in a national dialog about where we're going.
I believe they're right when they say this could be the "Pivot Generation." Our future will rise or fall on the individual and collective choices we make today. Imagine one of today's leaders being quoted in this book. Who would it be? A person with those forward-looking values should be the next President. That person's job won't be easy, but isn't America worth it?
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It’s been hijacked by the right and abandoned by the left, but the principles of true patriotism — country above self, responsible stewardship, equality, shared sacrifice and service — are inherently progressive. The True Patriot challenges progressives to retake patriotism. Written in the pamphleteering style of Thomas Paine, it presents a manifesto, ten-principal plan, and moral code that reframe the concept of patriotism and return politics to what it once was: a civic virtue and responsibility that fueled the country’s founders.
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