This is the final video on Matt Spalding’s new book, We Still Hold These Truths.
The battle against Progressivism is not lost, counsels Spalding. Properly educating our children to know and appreciate both the founding principles of America and the importance of the free enterprise system are two ways to combat the growing threat to personal liberty and freedom. “If we intend to govern ourselves from this point forward, we have to go back to these principles. Otherwise, someone is going to govern us.” Watch:
This is the second of a five part series.
Matthew Spalding’s new book, We Still Hold These Truths, examines the timeless principles and practical wisdom that have been the source of America’s monumental success. In this video segment Spalding discusses the progressive assault on the Founders’ principles that began more than a century ago and that continues—indeed, is accelerating—in our time.
Modern political leaders and cultural elites have all too readily abandoned the principles to which America is dedicated; even more troubling is how readily we all let it happen. Progressivism is a system of ideas whose success depends upon circumventing the Constitution; it has no place in America. Watch: