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Our Lost Declaration: America's Fight Against Tyranny from King George to the Deep State
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Our Lost Declaration: America's Fight Against Tyranny from King George to the Deep State
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Our Lost Declaration: America's Fight Against Tyranny from King George to the Deep State
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Our Lost Declaration: America's Fight Against Tyranny from King George to the Deep State

Written by Mike Lee

Narrated by Tom Parks

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New York Times best-selling author and committed constitutional conservative Senator Mike Lee reveals the little-known stories behind the founders' takedown of a tyrannical king and the forgotten document that created America.

There is perhaps no more powerful sentence in human history, written in Philadelphia in the oppressively hot summer of 1776: "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness."

Despite the earth-shattering power of Jefferson's simple sentence and the document in which it is found, many Americans today don't understand or appreciate the Declaration's gravity. As a result, we have lost touch with much of what makes our country so special: the distinctly American belief in the dignity of every human soul.

Our nation was born in an act of rebellion against an all-powerful government. In Our Lost Declaration, Senator Mike Lee tells the dramatic, little-known stories of the offenses committed by the British crown against its own subjects. From London's attempts to shut down colonial legislatures to hauling John Hancock before a court without a jury, the abuses of a strong central government were felt far and wide. They spurred our founders to risk their lives in defense of their rights, and their efforts established a vision of political freedom that would change the course of history.

Lee shares new insights into the personalities who shaped that vision, such as:

  • Thomas Paine, a populist radical who nearly died making his voyage from Great Britain to the colonies before writing his revolutionary pamphlet, Common Sense.
  • Edmund Randolph, who defied his Loyalist family and served in the Virginia convention that voted for independence
  • Thomas Jefferson, who persevered through a debilitating health crisis to pen the document that would officially begin the American experiment.

Senator Lee makes vividly clear how many abuses of federal power today are rooted in neglect of the Declaration, including federal overreach that corrupts state legislatures, the judicial system, and even international trade. By rediscovering the Declaration, we can remind our leaders in Washington, DC, that they serve us — not the other way around.

LanguageEnglish
Release dateApr 23, 2019
ISBN9781984842060
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Our Lost Declaration: America's Fight Against Tyranny from King George to the Deep State
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Mike Lee

Mike Lee is a keynote speaker, internationally sold author, and coach who shares high-performance leadership lessons from inside the hearts and minds of NBA's elite. His work helps individual contributors, leaders and organizations elevate engagement, win the war for talent, and create cultures of belonging in a world of disruption. For 15 years he spent time with basketball's 1% including NBA MVPs Steph Curry and Joel Embiid. While leading his basketball training business, he was blindsided by a period of personal and professional adversity, and dove deep into the practices of mindfulness and meditation. Today he's blended diverse backgrounds of mindset, mindfulness, and high-performance to create a counter-cultural approach to the future of leadership. Mike's engaging, inspiring, and interactive programs at F500 companies and professional associations like Morgan Stanley, AmFam, Cisco, SHRM and IBM have earned rave reviews from bold and driven leaders. He's delivered this approach through keynotes in packed ballrooms of a thousand, virtually to a global audience, and workshops with 10-person senior leadership teams. Mike has been described as "the easiest and most conscientious speaker I've worked with", "the perfect choice to kick off our event" and having "an impeccable ability to tell a story". Building his basketball business from his college apartment, while battling anxiety and depression, Mike understands the challenges leaders face in this volatile, uncertain, and complex world. His unique combination of personal adversity and basketball background gives him the ability to connect in a vulnerable and authentic way with a diverse range of audiences from the stage. Drawing on the latest research from neuroscience, sports psychology, and personal experience, he's shared stories and practical exercises - across the world - to help people find their own inner power and poise to thrive in business and life. His latest book, The New Rules For The Future of Leadership, has been endorsed by the likes of New York Times best-selling authors, thought leaders, and other Fortune 500 executives.

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    This couldn't be a more prudent book for the times we are living in. Very easy to understand and great to read with your children ?????????