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A Nation Like No Other: Why American Exceptionalism Matters Hardcover – June 13, 2011
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They are completely missing the point.
America’s greatness, America’s exceptional greatness, is not based on that fact that we are the most powerful, most prosperous—and most generous—nation on earth. Rather, those things are the result of American Exceptionalism.
To understand American Exceptionalism, as Newt Gingrich passionately argues in A Nation Like No Other, one must understand our unique birth as a nation. American Exceptionalism is found in the simple yet utterly remarkable principles expressed in the Declaration of Independence, that all men are created equal, that we are endowed by our Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty, the pursuit of happiness.”
Our nation is exceptional, continues Newt, because we—unlike any nation before or since—are united by the belief and the promise that no king, no government, no ruling class has the power to infringe upon the rights of the individual. And when such a government attempts to do so, we will vigorously reject them.
Sadly, many politicians and leaders today have forgotten our sacred commitment to these ideals. Our government has strayed alarmingly far from the scope of limited powers framed by our Founders. Meanwhile, the liberal media seek out, and sometimes create, stories intended to portray America as a bully and a thief. Even our own president seems clueless, assuring us that yes, yes, he believes in American exceptionalism, just like the Greeks believe in Greek exceptionalism and the British in British exceptionalism.
But American Exceptionalism is not about cheerleading for the home team. It’s about recognizing and honoring the history-making, world-changing ideals our Founding Fathers enshrined to make this a nation of the people, by the people, for the people. And, as Lincoln warned, we must rededicate ourselves to those principles, lest our truly exceptional nation perish from this earth.
- Print length264 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherRegnery
- Publication dateJune 13, 2011
- Dimensions6 x 1.1 x 9 inches
- ISBN-101596982713
- ISBN-13978-1596982710
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- Publisher : Regnery; First Edition (June 13, 2011)
- Language : English
- Hardcover : 264 pages
- ISBN-10 : 1596982713
- ISBN-13 : 978-1596982710
- Item Weight : 1.02 pounds
- Dimensions : 6 x 1.1 x 9 inches
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NEWT GINGRICH is the former House Speaker and 2012 Presidential Candidate. Gettysburg, Pearl Harbor and To Save America: Stopping Obama's Secular-Socialist Machine are three of his 14 New York Times bestsellers. He is a regular guest on national political shows.
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I was born a democrat, son of a policeman in Boston. Now a registered Independent, I was one of the Tea Party guys from the early days who helped to get Scott Brown to take over the "Kennedy Seat" in Mass. Enough about me.
Gingrich and Haley do a very credible job in this book providing a historically sound portrayal of the very early days of the English settlement of the east coast of the North American continent. They then tie some of the experiences of the early settlers into the development of an American Ethos that has become what differentiates us from many people around the world. There are several words that aptly describe the American character that the authors convey: indefatigable... optimistic...determined... and charitable. A look at our darkest hours over the years will find that these are the traits that have always not just gotten us through, but allowed us to PROSPER when conventional wisdom said "these guys are done".
(Having lived abroad for 5 of the past 15 years, I can tell you that these aren't usually the first words that come to mind when other cultures are asked for their impressions of us. But with some dogged persistence, the ethnocentrism embraced by virtually all cultures starts to wear a bit thin, and you start to hear that other cultures are, indeed, struck by America's amazing ability to produce people en mass with the above tendencies. )
To net it out... this book is a call to action. It identifies exactly what the issues are with our "radical secular" judiciary, with the progressive movement in general, and lays out specific things we can all do to start taking our country back. 2012 is a critical year.
Speaker Gingrich is no saint. Neither were some other guys that turned out to have the right stuff when it counted.( can you say "Franklin... Jefferson... Grant... Patton?) But this book has convinced me that Speaker Gingrich both understands the problems America faces at the moment, AND understands procedurally what must be done to start to overcome them.
Great book!
His endurance stems from the fact that he understands the enduring features of our Nation, the devotion to personal Liberty, simple virtues and Government restraint. In his book, "A Nation Like No Other", the Speaker traces the philosophical and historic roots of American Liberty before the Founding Fathers to the First settlers in Jamestown, the Scottish and European Enlightenment, the Magna Carta, the Romans and Greeks. He follows the generations of American immigrants who added to the tradition to the present day with whatever they brought here on their backs to build a better future.
This is what makes American Exceptionalism. What's that? Ask yourself the question: If I had to leave the U.S. today, what country could offer greater opportunity? China? Really? Try it for awhile. Europe? Good Luck. They'll put you in a box. A pretty, sometimes pretty comfortable box. But it's still a box. Brazil? Do you really think so? Australia? It's Europe with lots of ocean front.
Yet American Liberty has faced constant attack whether from Stalin and Mao or the more insidious state planners at home. The constant conflict has a bright side. Americans always have the choice: will we defend American Liberty? Or go the way of the British Empire--or rip itself apart by means of a steady drip of intolerable compromises that dissolve our Liberty and pile up debts to Asian potentates.
No leader can fight this existential battle unless they understand the problem, the importance of Liberty and the threat that is posed by even small concessions to the opponents of Liberty.
This book is part manifesto for Newt's presidential campaign. It is also his witness that he "gets it" in terms of the perils of central planning, bureaucratic over-reach by well-meaning people who believe laudable ends can justify criminal means.
Do you still need proof that Newt "Gets It"? I challenge anybody with a pulse to read through the statements by recent immigrants to the U.S. without brushing away a tear.






