Joel J. Miller
“Kudos to Miller and Parrish for highlighting these essential passages.”
–Judge Andrew P. Napolitano, Senior Judicial Analyst, Fox News
What does it mean to think, believe, and act like an American? Too often reduced to a mythic set of lofty ideals, the soul of America is far more than a concept — it is a people. But even the most sacred principles mean very little unless lived out passionately by an informed citizenry. The Portable Patriot assembles American history’s most formative words, written by the people who were making that extraordinary history.
Speeches and sermons, essays and extracts, poems and proclamations illumine values like virtue, humility, thrift, independence, and prayer. Among other pieces, The Portable Patriot features:
- Puritan Pastor John Cotton’s warning on the dangers of excessive political power
- Ben Franklin’s shrewd counsel on wealth and debt (private and national), plus his practical advice for immigrants coming to America
- Sam Adams’s explanation of the rights of Americans and the proper limits of government’s power to tax
- Paul Revere’s personal account of his famous ride and explanation of the crisis with Britain
- Rev. Jonathan Mayhew’s passionate defense of civil resistance
- Thomas Jefferson’s reason for small and limited government and keeping the judiciary in check
- Thomas Paine’s stand against tyranny and his warning about despotism through bureaucracy
- Hector St. John de Crèvecoeur’s reflections on true American identity
- Noah Webster’s dreadful warning about those who would subvert the Constitution for their own gain
- And much, much more . . .
Endorsements
“Our current struggles over taxation, federal debt, and limited government are part of a larger American story. Kudos to Miller and Parrish for highlighting these essential passages.”
Hon. Judge Andrew P. Napolitano, Senior Judicial Analyst, Fox News
“Nothing ignites a patriot’s heart — or the hope that the truths of our founding era will prevail again — like the documents assembled in The Portable Patriot. How grateful we should be, and how quick to make these historic words our own.”
Stephen Mansfield, author, The Forgotten Founding Father and The Search for God and Guinness
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