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by United States (Author)

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2353111

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1878802232

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In addition to the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of the United States of America, this book features Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, Second Inaugural, and two Thomas Jefferson letters on the Declaration of Independence.

Customer Review: Visionary documents that changed the world

The two documents enclosed in this book, the "Declaration of Independence" and the "US Constitution" continue to spread international influence. Most democracies established since the US have used the US Constitution as their model.
Hopefully I don't have to summarize this book for you to know what the two documents are about.
These two documents should be read by every American. Even non-Americans might find the Declaration of Independence an interesting assertion of human rights.
Of course the constitution is flawed (ex: electoral college, 2nd amendment's laxness, etc) but no government is perfect, and there are much worse alternatives.
Other relevant material to read would be "Leviathan" by Thomas Hobbes (for a diametrically opposite opinion) or "The Second Treatise of Government" by John Locke (to see where the Founding Fathers drew their inspiration from) and "Common Sense" by Thomas Paine.

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