Purchase
THE COURAGE OF OUR CONVICTIONS: A MANIFESTO FOR DEMOCRATS
By: Gary Hart
An impassioned call to arms for Democrats to embrace the principles that made the party and the country great?a true moral vision for leadership at home and abroad
Times Books
September 2006
On Sale: September 5, 2006
224 pages
ISBN: 0805081011
EAN: 9780805081015
Hardcover
Add to Wish List
Non-Fiction Political
In this powerful and provocative manifesto, a cri de coeur for Democrats who have grown increasingly frustrated with their partyโs leaders, former senator Gary Hart takes the Democrats to task for choosing caution and calculation in place of moral principles. That path, Hart says, will lead only to sorrowโfor the party and for the country. The Courage of Our Convictions is Hartโs call to actionโa clear-eyed and plainspoken manifesto that urges a return to the principles bequeathed to the party by its great twentieth-century presidents: Franklin D. Rooseveltโs commitment to a single national community, where no American would be left behind; Harry S. Trumanโs internationalism, which preserved democracy after World War II and led eventually to the defeat of communism; John F. Kennedyโs ideal of civic duty and service to the nation; and Lyndon B. Johnsonโs insistence on equality for all our citizens. As the midterm elections approachโand with the 2008 presidential election just over the horizonโHart speaks directly and passionately to the many Democrats who seek a principled change of leadership in Washington. It is the wake-up call that so many Americans have been waiting for.
 Media BuzzTavis Smiley - December 1, 2010
Early Show - September 26, 2006
Daily Show with Jon Stewart - September 12, 2006
The O'Reilly Factor - September 7, 2006
| 
© 2003-2026