Ted Magnuson
Those Self Evident Truths
© 2007 Ted Magnuson (9780980012507) (format: CD-R)
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If you are free, you need to know Those Self-evident Truths. From the bargains the Barons of Runnymede struck with King John (1215) to Abraham Lincoln's immortal words at Gettysburg, let Freedom ring.
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- 1 Publisher's Welcome
- 2 Intro-Self Evident Truths
- 3 Background/Magna Carta
- 4 The Magna Carta in Modern English
- 5 Into the New World
- 6 Background/The Declaration of Independence
- 7 The Declaration of Independence
- 8 Background/The US Constitution
- 9 Preamble to the US Constitution
- 10 Background/Lincoln's Gettysburg Address
- 11 Lincoln's Gettysburg Address
- 12 Closing Remarks
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In Those Self Evident Truths, Ted Magnuson traces the roots of democracy through its founding documents. In these words from our forbearers, in brief accounts of the events leading up to their creation, one explores what is democracy—what does it mean to ‘build a nation, American style?’ Considering all our ancestors faced, their achievements were awesome, offering us powerful lessons, even today.
In our own times, generations still alive have seen the American Experience in Nation-building rebuild Europe after the World Wars. We’ve seen Japan and parts of Korea boosted into the technological age. In many ways and places, America has made its presence known. While Those Self Evident Truths implies no specifics on strategies and tactics, the question that remains for us in the present day is this ‘Can 800 years of struggle and heritage be downloaded into one election cycle, into a span of days, for those nations come lately to democracy?”
Ted Magnuson is a speaker and author. His background includes retailing and commercial insurance sales.
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America presence around the World
author: Jim NudelmanTed, This is very well put together. You are clearly a history expert. There are certainly advantages to democracy. However, don't you think that we run into severe challenges in certain parts of the world that just are not conditioned for a democratic government. I know that America had some positive effects in Europe and Asia, but what about in the Middle East. In Iraq for instance, it seems like as a whole they are not real comfortable with the massive changes to democracy, even if for the better. What are your thoughts on this?
- author: Robert P Magnuson
This is well done. I appreciated the introduction to each document. I was impressed with the presentation of the Magna Charter as I do not think I had ever read the full document. While it was long and "dry" Ted read it well and kept me listening. I
Author's Response to Jim
author: Ted MagnusonJim, thank you for your comments. You are so right. America is not the rest of the world. Every nation will approach government differently. While America is oftentimes held up as a 'role model,' (and while America doesn't always practice what it preaches), my theme is that it took long years and big struggle to get to where we are today. This acheivement deserves honor. America's mission-to keep building on the foundations already laid!