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Exactly what does it mean to believe, believe, and become an American?Too often reduced to a mythic group of lofty ideals, the spirit of America is a lot more than a concept-it is a people. Even the most sacred ideas mean very little unless lived out passionately by an informed citizenry.In The Lightweight Patriot, you'll find a carefully set up sampling of American history's most formative words, written by the people who were making that remarkable history.Speeches and sermons, essays and extracts, poems and proclamations illumine such prices as self-reliance, virtue, humility, thrift, prayer, and reliance on God. While peering back to the cradle of America's national identity, The Lightweight Patriot also issues a way forward, convincing us to heed poet John Dickenson's plea to "rouse your vivid hearts at reasonable Liberty's call."Crack wide open The Lightweight Patriot, and you'll discover..
- Puritan Pastor John Cotton's caution on the dangers of excessive politics electric power
- Ben Franklin's shrewd counsel on wealth and personal debt (private and national), plus his functional advice for immigrants coming to America
- Sam Adams's description of the protection under the law of Us citizens and the proper limits of government's capacity to tax
- Paul Revere's personal bank account of his famous drive and description of the crisis with Britain
- Rev. Jonathan Mayhew's ardent security of civil level of resistance
- Thomas Jefferson's reason for small and limited federal and keeping the judiciary in balance
- Thomas Paine's stand against tyranny and his caution about despotism through bureaucracy
- Hector St. John de Crevecoeur's reflections on true American personal information
- Noah Webster's dreadful caution about those who would subvert the Constitution for their own gain
- And much, much more
