C. Bradley Thompson examines Adam’s “political and constitutional thought by interpreting it within the tradition of political philosophy stretching from Plato to Montesquieu….Thompson reconstructs the contours and influences of Adams’s mental universe, the ideas he challenged, the problems he considered central to constitution-making, and the methods of his reasoning. Skillfully blending history and political science, Thompson’s work shows how the spirit of liberty animated Adams’s life and reestablishes this forgotten Revolutionary as an independent and important thinker.”
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“They existed only to serve the state. They were conceived in controlled Palaces of Mating. They died in the Home of the Useless. From cradle to grave, the crowd was one—the great WE.
In all that was left of humanity there was only one man who dared to think, seek, and love. He lived in the dark ages of the future. In a loveless world, he dared to love the woman of his choice. In an age that had lost all trace of science and civilization, he had the courage to seek and find knowledge.
But these were not the crimes for which he would be hunted. He was marked for death because he had committed the unpardonable sin: He had stood forth from the mindless human herd. He was a man alone. He had rediscovered the lost and holy word—I.”
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“Progress can be achieved in any industry or area of business. It comes from the most important skill that every leader must master: learning to think for yourself.”
“Doing what someone else already knows how to do takes the world from 1 to n, adding more of something familiar. But when you do something new, you go from 0 to 1. The next Bill Gates will not build an operating system. The next Larry Page or Sergey Brin won’t make a search engine. Tomorrow’s champions will not win by competing ruthlessly in today’s marketplace. They will escape competition altogether, because their businesses will be unique.”
“Zero to One presents at once an optimistic view of the future of progress in America and a new way of thinking about innovation: it starts by learning to ask the questions that lead you to find value in unexpected places.”
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“Raised in a strict Muslim family, Hirsi Ali survived civil war, female mutilation, brutal beatings, adolescence as a devout believer during the rise of the Muslim Brotherhood, and life in four troubled, unstable countries ruled largely by despots. She escaped from a forced marriage and sought asylum in the Netherlands, … and fought for the rights of Muslim women and the reform of Islam as a member of Parliament. Under constant threat, demonized by Islamists and politicians, disowned by her father, and expelled from family and clan, she refuses to be silenced.”
“A celebration of triumph over adversity, Hirsi Ali’s story tells how a bright little girl evolves out of dutiful obedience to become an outspoken, pioneering freedom fighter. As Western governments struggle to” with ‘balancing’ personal freedom with religious totalitarianism, “no other book could be more timely or more significant.”
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Joseph J. Ellis Founding Brothers connects the lives of seven of America’s founding fathers – John Adams, Aaron Burr, Benjamin Franklin, Alexander Hamilton, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and George Washington – with the issues, they sought to resolve in creating the United States of America. Ellis does so by examining six events in their lives using the documents written at the time:
- “Burr and Hamilton’s deadly duel, and what may have really happened;
- Hamilton, Jefferson, and Madison’s secret dinner, during which the seat of the permanent capital was determined in exchange for passage of Hamilton’s financial plan;
- Franklin’s petition to end the “peculiar institution” of slavery–his last public act–and Madison’s efforts to quash it;
- Washington’s precedent-setting Farewell Address, announcing his retirement from public office and offering his country some final advice;
- Adams’s difficult term as Washington’s successor and his alleged scheme to pass the presidency on to his son;
- Adams and Jefferson’s renewed correspondence at the end of their lives, in which they compared their different views of the Revolution and its legacy.”
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