Speakeasy Ideas

The problem of religious persecution in Europe — countless millions slaughtered or tortured in the name of religious righteousness — was the backdrop of the American Founding. The Americans tackled this problem head-on and solved it by establishing the first regime of genuine religious liberty. In America, a person’s civil rights and protection by the laws would in no way depend on his or her religious views.

Brilliant!

Slavery is old.

In 1776, it was a global institution. No country prior to the American Founding had figured out how to end it. But the Americans, by the light of the ideas that fueled their own revolution, came to see the wrongness of slavery and went to extraordinary lengths to end it, at great costs in money, blood, and sacrifice. No subject better reveals the goodness of America than the story of slavery.

Hear part two of Dr. Thomas Krannawitter’s discussion on one of the most important documents in American history.

What do all Americans of all political stripes have in common? Answer: The common good. And what is required to promote the common good? Answer: Securing the equal, individual, natural rights of all Americans. The ideas that lead to prosperity and the free pursuit of happiness are nowhere more beautifully articulated than in the Declaration of Independence.

See these 7 downloadable Quick Notes Flashcards for an at-a-glance summary of some of the essential ideas within the Declaration of Independence.

Hear part one of Dr. Thomas Krannawitter’s discussion on one of the most important documents in American history.

What do all Americans of all political stripes have in common? Answer: The common good. And what is required to promote the common good? Answer: Securing the equal, individual, natural rights of all Americans. The ideas that lead to prosperity and the free pursuit of happiness are nowhere more beautifully articulated than in the Declaration of Independence.

See these 7 downloadable Quick Notes Flashcards for an at-a-glance summary of some of the essential ideas within the Declaration of Independence.