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A Prayer for America (Nation Books) Paperback – October 22, 2003

by Dennis Kucinich (Author), Studs Terkel (Foreword)
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When Congressman Dennis Kucinich delivered his speech, "A Prayer for America," to the Southern California chapter of Americans for Democratic Action, it electrified the whole country. In his speech, Kucinich -- a 2004 presidential candidate -- warned against an America that had discarded the constitutional liberties integral to its identity: "Let us pray that our nation will remember that the unfolding of the promise of democracy in our nation paralleled the striving for civil rights. That is why we must challenge the rationale of the Patriot Act. We must ask why should America put aside guarantees of constitutional justice?" A Prayer for America collects Kucinich's essays and speeches. It represents his holistic worldview and carries with it a passionate commitment to public service, peace, human rights, workers' rights, and the environment. His advocacy of a Department of Peace seeks not only to make nonviolence an organizing principle in our society, but to make war a thing of the past. A Prayer for America includes an introductory essay from Kucinich that reflects on his political journey from his election as the youngest mayor of a major American city to his role as a dynamic, visionary leader of the Progressive Caucus of the Congressional Democrats.
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    Nation Books
  2. Print length
    160 pages
  3. Language
    English
  4. Publisher
    Bold Type Books
  5. Publication date
    October 22, 2003
  6. Dimensions
    5 x 1 x 8 inches
  7. ISBN-10
    1560255102
  8. ISBN-13
    978-1560255109
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5.0 out of 5 stars The Man Who Gets It!
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This man is my hero. To read his words is to hear his beliefs, and his beliefs are chock full of his ethics and integrity. If THIS man were President, we Would be at Peace here at home and in the world. He's not a man who just talks about the issues; he has the Solutions! Anyone can talk. Dennis Kucinich has the Answers and the Solutions and.- more ....This is a man who will Perform them! He's the tallest man I know! Boy! Do we need him for 2016! He gets "it!" He just Gets it!
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4.0 out of 5 stars Good book for Social Justice
Reviewed in the United States on December 5, 2013
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The book is a collection of speeches that the Congressman gave in 2002-2003. It was a fast read for me, but it was still motivating. Some of the speeches are about the Iraq war are a little dated, since we have pulled out. But the speeches about social justice are just as relevant today as they where 10 years ago.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Speeches that Inspire
Reviewed in the United States on October 28, 2003
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I totally disagree with the review by Publisher's Weekly. This book is not intended to be flowing novel reading. It is a book of public speeches given by Congressman Kucinich at various times and places. The speeches themselves are spiritually inspiring and leave the reader with renewed interest and trust in the American political system. I find these speeches both practical and poetic and feel that anyone, whether a "fan" of Congressman Kucinich or not, will finish the readings with a renewed sense of hope and inspiration.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in the United States on July 24, 2016
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Liked this grouping of Dennis Kucinich's collection of speeches. We need this message publicized again and again
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Michael
2.0 out of 5 stars but it read like shallow Sunday morning cable news talking points rather than ...
Reviewed in the United States on September 10, 2014
I bought this book expecting a substantive defense of liberal rhetoric and policies that is more principle and less wonk-based than, say, The Conscience of a Liberal or any other highly technical (usually leftist) political manifesto. This was a lot of rhetoric and principle, but it read like shallow Sunday morning cable news talking points rather than actual intellectual discourse on political principles and ethics (where I find Ron Paul's books to be more satisfying on this front). This may be my fault, as I didn't realize it was a collection of speeches until I started reading. Ultimately, and surprisingly, I found what I wanted out of A Prayer for America in Drew Westen's The Political Brain.
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Lisa Gardner
3.0 out of 5 stars Not bad, but not good...
Reviewed in the United States on July 13, 2005
As a former resident of the great city of Cleveland, I am absolutely astounded by how Dennis Kucinich has managed to continuously redefine himself without regard to principle, for the sake of career. This book is a complete example of Kucinich's propensity for misrepresenting what Dennis is actually all about.

I will never cease to be amazed at how the Democratic party of FDR mutated into the Democratic party of the Smothers Brothers. FDR's party stood for the working man, unions, fair trade laws, and looking out for the little guy.

Today's Democratic party is built upon the foundation of a woman's right to choose, the concept of gay marriage, and pacifism.

Not that there's anything wrong with that. But... as far as all of the above are concerned, personally, I don't care one way or another. I can relate more to the wicked queen turned hag in Disney's "Snow White" (Who I am told, I resemble), and could care less about a woman's right to choose. At fifty-four, I never had to, and I doubt that I'll ever have to make that sort of a choice anyway.

Would I want to have the option available to me? Probably, especially since I know that thousands of other women before me have had that option. But I'm going off on a tangient here.

I've read most of "A Prayer for America" and I can honestly say that most of the sentiments expressed are nice, but fail to take into account the concepts of human nature and especially, the concept of evil. I too, wish that the world could be such a Utopia. Check this out, Dennis: On the heels of anarchy come the sounds of the Stormtrooper's boots.

Someday, the sun will evolve into a red giant, and eventually a white dwarf. By that time, Cleveland's Terminal Tower and everything that surrounds it will be reduced to dust, and Lake Erie will have long evaporated. All that will remain will be the residual energy left from acts of humility and kindness.

Even though he didn't put it that way, at least Dennis got that right. Even though I doubt that it will, I hope that "A Prayer for America" proves to be worth the lives of the trees that made the ultimate sacrifice for it.
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