The Founders Key, Dr. Larry Arnn
The Founders Key, Dr. Larry Arnn
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The Founders' Key
The Divine and Natural Connection Between the Declaration and the Constitution and What We Risk by Losing It

Author: Dr. Larry Arnn

Narrator: Van Tracy

Unabridged: 7 hr 23 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Thomas Nelson

Published: 04/07/2020


Synopsis

Today the integrity and unity of the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution are under attack by the Progressive political movement. And yet, writes Larry P. Arnn:“The words of the Declaration of Independence ring across the ages. The arrangements of the Constitution have a way of organizing our actions so as to produce certain desirable results, and they have done this more reliably than any governing instrument in the history of man. Connect these arrangements to the beauty of the Declaration and one has something inspiring and commanding.”From Chapter 2, The Founders’ KeyDr. Arnn, president of Hillsdale College, reveals this integral unity of the Declaration and the Constitution. Together, they form the pillars upon which the liberties and rights of the American people stand. United, they have guided history’s first self-governing nation, forming our government under certain universal and eternal principles. Unfortunately, the effort to redefine government to reflect “the changing and growing social order” has gone very far toward success. Politicians such as Franklin Roosevelt found ways to condemn and discard the Constitution and to redefine the Declaration to justify government without limit. As a result, both documents have been weakened, their influence diminished, and their meaning obscured—paving the way for the modern administrative state, unaccountable to the will of the people.The Founders’ Key is a powerful call to rediscover the connection between these two mighty documents, and thereby restore our political faith and revive our free institutions.

About Dr. Larry Arnn

Larry P. Arnn is the president of Hillsdale College. He has been published widely on issues of public policy, history, and political theory, and is the author of Liberty and Learning and The Founders' Key. He lives in Hillsdale, MI.  


Reviews

Goodreads review by Cyndi on March 10, 2012

While at times I found this book a little difficult to follow, and it required me to read it in solitude, without distraction in order to follow and understand, I fully admit that I am NOT a student of politics, nor of our judicial system. However, this is a read that I believe every American of vot......more

Goodreads review by Dale on June 15, 2012

Published in 2012 by Thomas Nelson Larry P. Arnn is the president of Hillsdale College and I suppose I should tell you that I receive Hillsdale's free monthly bulletin, Imprimis, which features excerpts of speeches given by guests at Hillsdale College. President Arnn is featured annually so I was fai......more

Goodreads review by Alexis on January 05, 2016

I was given this book for Christmas. Honestly, I didn't feel that the author made a very good case that our current system of government in the US has the Constitution on shaky ground. Having been raised in a religious culture, I do know that a lot of people believe there will be a time when the Con......more

Goodreads review by Joe on April 03, 2024

The author writes eloquently about why the Declaration of Independence and The Constitution should be revered. His reference is almost hagiographic, and rightly so based on his explanations about the significance of both documents. One of the strengths of this book is how it reads as if it is part o......more

Goodreads review by Mary Rozday on February 12, 2019

America's Constitution: Original vs Living The Founders understood the timeless desires and faults of society. The Declaration and Constitution were specifically created with this in mind to create history's first self-governed, free society. Dr. Arnn makes this clear as he lays out the case for an O......more