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    <body><![CDATA[Should be required reading for every American.  A great place to start your study of the ideas of our nation's founders.  <br/><br/>This was an eye-opening introduction to what went into creating our government system.  I am all the more convinced that those who think the founders' ideas are quain...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/25054360">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book is soooo good!  It's awesome because it gives you insights on many of the founding fathers opinions while at the same time answering so many questions that arise today.  Such as, is the Constitution outdated?  In the back of my mind I knew it wasn't, but I couldn't have explained why until...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/13967220">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I believe this book is fundamental. We should all be involved in the community and in our country. This book lays out basic true principals believed in by the founding fathers on which we should base our decisions in government. ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[If you believe in the principles of freedom that America stands for than you will appreciate this book. I know that because of human nature there is no perfect society and that men are fallible. That is exactly what the founders believed also. So they did their best to set up a system of laws and go...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/49293515">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[The Center for Constitutional Studies has really been pushing for every American to read this book.  It's been kind of a controversial book--some people really pushing for it to be included in public school curriculum, others pushing hard to have it banned.  Anyway, it explores the fundamental princ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/35491315">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[A must read - especially politicians! They need a refresher course on what made the USA great. ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Wow! I want to sent this book to every elected official - and every citizen for that matter- in the country. (And I'm only on page 20!) This book discusses what it takes for a people to stay free. We have strayed so far from where the Founding Fathers started.  I can't wait to wade deeper in.<br/>...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/35441669">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[a great beginners education of a political ignoramus like me.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I was worried about this book when it was introduced to my Book Club.  I thought it looked too much like a text book and I was not sure if I would make it through it.  However, I did finish it and it made me want to do more for my country!  It explained the founding fathers and their thoughts to wha...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/68342320">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is a book that is not Republican or Democrat.  Rather is it about how our Found Fathers incorporated what they did into our formation as a country and into our constitution.  It goes back to Cicero and others of that philosopical genre. Those who founded this nation were not kings or men of gre...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/68016554">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Every American that wants to understand our freedom and liberty should read this book.  Can be understood easily by a young person as early as 8th grade, but deep enough to ponder for years.  I memorized the 28 principles of liberty once, and I still fall back on them from time to time.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I'm sick I didn't sell this for my book group.  It would have been an amazing discussion.  I felt like this was a very important book.  Glenn Beck said every American should read this book and I completely agree.  Being a novice with all things governmental, I felt like I got a great overview to the...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/64690027">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Love, Love, Love this book.  This is about the history of the founding fathers and the writing of the constitution.  It is so interesting to read about the history of America from the point of view of the founding fathers and what they were trying to create and WHY they were trying to create it.  Th...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/36823562">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[We live in a day with few real leaders. In studying the reasons for the creation of the United States of America, one can find hope for America. Though many might find the current lack of knowledge of the principles taught in the book frightening, knowing that with each new discovery of these princi...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/24449770">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[It's hard to think of anything original to say about this book, they are all right.  One interesting thing I am doing with this book is using it to note principles in other texts from the Founding era.  I am surprised how much Skousen really nailed the principles.  I can not find many other principl...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/28977676">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This books lays out ideas from the American constitution and government system that have influenced our country. One of the best parts is how it analyzes the Constitution and Declaration to examine the acutal wording and its implications, such as when it talks about what it means that all men are cr...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/72141441">more...</a>]]></body>
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