This book is a comprehensive collection of historic political thought. From the political philosophies of classical and renaissance thinkers to the speeches of American Presidents, it introduces the American Founders’ theories of democracy by connecting and analyzing the words of their philosophical forerunners and Presidential successors.
This book is a comprehensive collection of historic political thought. From the political philosophies of classical and renaissance thinkers to the speeches of American Presidents, it introduces the American Founders’ theories of democracy by connecting and analyzing the words of their philosophical forerunners and Presidential successors.
Part One: From Greece to Rome 1.Plato The Republic: Book VIII 2.Aristotle Politics: Book I 3.Marcus Tullius Cicero On the Laws Part Two: Enlightenment 4.Hugo Grotius On the Law of War and Peace: Book I, Chapter I; Book II Chapters I and II 5.Thomas Hobbes Leviathan: Book I, Chapters 15 20 6.John Locke Second Treatise of Civil Government: Chapters 1 15 7.Montesquieu The Spirit of the Laws: Book XI 8.Jean Jacques Rousseau The Social Contract: Books I and II Part Three: The American Project 9.John Winthrop A Model of Christian Charity 10.William Tennent 11.Thomas Paine Common Sense 12.Patrick Henry "Give me Liberty or Give me Death!" 13.Benjamin Franklin Address to the Federal Convention 14.Robert Morris 15.Elbridge Gerry Anti Federalist Paper #7 16.George Clinton Anti Federalist Paper #69 17.Benjamin Rush An Address to the Inhabitants of the British Settlements in America Upon Slave Keeping 18.Edmund Randolph The Virginia Plan 19.John Adams Thoughts on Government 20.Alexander Hamilton Federalist Papers #70 and 78 21.Thomas Jefferson The Tree of Liberty 22.James Madison Federalist Papers #10 and 51 23.John C. Calhoun South Carolina Exposition and Protest 24.Frances Wright Speech at New Harmony Hall Part Four: American Presidents 25.George Washington Farewell Address 26.Andrew Jackson National Bank Veto 27.James K. Polk 1st Inaugural Address 28.Millard Fillmore First Annual Message 29.Abraham Lincoln 1st and 2nd Inaugural Address 30.William McKinley 2nd Inaugural Address 31.Theodore Roosevelt 1st Inaugural Address 32.Woodrow Wilson 1st Inaugural Address 33.Calvin Coolidge 1st Inaugural Address 34.Herbert Hoover 1st Inaugural Address 35.Franklin Delano Roosevelt 1st and 2nd Inaugural Address 36.John F. Kennedy 1st Inaugural Address 37.Richard Nixon 1st Inaugural Address 38.Ronald Reagan 1st Inaugural Address
Part One: From Greece to Rome 1.Plato The Republic: Book VIII 2.Aristotle Politics: Book I 3.Marcus Tullius Cicero On the Laws Part Two: Enlightenment 4.Hugo Grotius On the Law of War and Peace: Book I, Chapter I; Book II Chapters I and II 5.Thomas Hobbes Leviathan: Book I, Chapters 15 20 6.John Locke Second Treatise of Civil Government: Chapters 1 15 7.Montesquieu The Spirit of the Laws: Book XI 8.Jean Jacques Rousseau The Social Contract: Books I and II Part Three: The American Project 9.John Winthrop A Model of Christian Charity 10.William Tennent 11.Thomas Paine Common Sense 12.Patrick Henry "Give me Liberty or Give me Death!" 13.Benjamin Franklin Address to the Federal Convention 14.Robert Morris 15.Elbridge Gerry Anti Federalist Paper #7 16.George Clinton Anti Federalist Paper #69 17.Benjamin Rush An Address to the Inhabitants of the British Settlements in America Upon Slave Keeping 18.Edmund Randolph The Virginia Plan 19.John Adams Thoughts on Government 20.Alexander Hamilton Federalist Papers #70 and 78 21.Thomas Jefferson The Tree of Liberty 22.James Madison Federalist Papers #10 and 51 23.John C. Calhoun South Carolina Exposition and Protest 24.Frances Wright Speech at New Harmony Hall Part Four: American Presidents 25.George Washington Farewell Address 26.Andrew Jackson National Bank Veto 27.James K. Polk 1st Inaugural Address 28.Millard Fillmore First Annual Message 29.Abraham Lincoln 1st and 2nd Inaugural Address 30.William McKinley 2nd Inaugural Address 31.Theodore Roosevelt 1st Inaugural Address 32.Woodrow Wilson 1st Inaugural Address 33.Calvin Coolidge 1st Inaugural Address 34.Herbert Hoover 1st Inaugural Address 35.Franklin Delano Roosevelt 1st and 2nd Inaugural Address 36.John F. Kennedy 1st Inaugural Address 37.Richard Nixon 1st Inaugural Address 38.Ronald Reagan 1st Inaugural Address
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