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	We Still Hold These Truths: Rediscovering Our Principles, Reclaiming Our Future 4.29 avg rating — 169 ratings — published 2009 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Making of the American Mind: The Story of our Declaration of Independence 4.56 avg rating — 41 ratings — published 2025 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Declaration of Independence/The Constitution of the United States 4.72 avg rating — 25 ratings — published 2004 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Founders' Almanac: A Practical Guide to the Notable Events, Greatest Leaders & Most Eloquent Words of the American Founding 4.30 avg rating — 27 ratings — published 2001 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Sacred Union of Citizens: George Washington's Farewell Address and the American Character by Matthew Spalding, Patrick J. Garrity, Daniel J. Boorstin (Introduction) 3.93 avg rating — 27 ratings — published 1996 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Enduring Principles of the American Founding 3.67 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2001 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Citizen's Introduction to the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2013	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	OUR SACRED HONOR: An annotated guide to understanding our founding principles by Matthew Spalding (Commentary), David J. Bobb (Commentary) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Religious Liberty in the American Republic by Matthew Spalding, Gerard Bradley 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2013	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Why States? the Challenge of Federalism by Matthew Spalding, Eugene Hickok 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2007	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“The old distinctions of tribe, race, or ethnicity—of Athenian or Spartan, pagan or Jew, Anglo-Saxon or Gallic, Catholic or Protestant—are no longer the determining factor of political legitimacy or nationhood. Ethnic heritage and ties of common kindred or of religious faith and culture are still very important, but they are not the basis of civic identity. That is only possible if there is a common political principle that allows laws and constitutions based on something other than race, creed, or ethnic heritage. Only then can there be fellow citizens separate from common kindred—or separate from being common subjects. And that is only possible if there is a ground of civic friendship that recognizes our equal humanity under the Laws of Nature and of Nature’s God.”
― Matthew Spalding, The Making of the American Mind: The Story of our Declaration of Independence

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“Only a truly benevolent King, one who is divine and not subject to the passions of man, could be an absolute sovereign. And since governments are instituted among men and not angels, and no individual on this earth has the divine wisdom and authority to rule absolutely, the powers of government must be limited, divided, and checked to ensure the rule of law rather than the arbitrary reign of worldly men.”
― Matthew Spalding, The Making of the American Mind: The Story of our Declaration of Independence

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“It is because of this rational nature, with its powers of reason and conscience, that each man is his own natural ruler, imbued with the capacity to govern himself. It is by his reason—not by allowing the passions to rule or blindly following conventional mores—that man distinguishes between reality and myth, good and evil, the just and the unjust. Nature, as a structure of reality that is unchanging and permanent, and that can be accessed by reason, is the standard of right in making these distinctions. And as man seeks relationships with others to fulfill that nature—man is a political animal, as Aristotle famously observes—men come to live in communities based on agreed purposes and a common understanding of justice. This argument is the basis of Western thought about man and politics.”
― Matthew Spalding, The Making of the American Mind: The Story of our Declaration of Independence

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