“In the beginning, all the world was America.”
― John Locke
Written by Bryan Lutz, Editor at Dollarcollapse.com:
Supertexts are books, which lay the foundation for entire categories of thinking.
Then there are the other books, the ones that come along and derive their ideas from that one book.
With so much depraved, zany, and clown-like decision-making happening these days, America is a farcry from what it once was.
That’s why this book curation is particularly important to share with you.
Although ‘The Idea of America’ is not one document written by a singular figure, it contains as the front cover says, “documents that gave birth to America”, and is a “true celebration of the spirit of America.”
Inside you’ll find:
The Declaration of Independence
The Bill of Rights
Revolutionary ideals from Rothbard, Patrick Henry, Thomas Paine, and Lord Acton.
Standards for decentralized, and limited government from James Madison, and Alexis de Tocqueville.
What to do about religion.
How to be self-reliant, and grow your character from Benjamin Franklin, H.L. Mencken, and Ralph Waldo Emerson.
And the ‘Spirit of Liberty’ from Thomas Jefferson, Henry David Thoreau, Voltairine de Cleyre, the U.S. Justice Department on the right to keep and bear arms, as well as the US Supreme Court on upholding the individuals’s rights of the 2nd amendment.
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When the Publishers first promoted this collection it was part of a “Laissez-Faire” Book Club promoted by Bonner’s Paradigm Press. He looks so different without his glasses, but his bowtie remains.
Here’s Jeffrey Tucker, 14 years ago summarizing the book:
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