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"With the hyperpartisan noise polluting our political discourse today, it is easy to forget that Americans have done remarkable things. Santos reminds us that the founding of the American republic changed the world. It challenged firmly entrenched notions of monarchy and aristocracy and turned the idea of representative democracy from a theoretical principle into a meaningful possibility. While fully acknowledging the difficult parts of our history--the times when our nation has not lived up to its own ideals--Santos never loses sight of the promises inherent in America's founding story. Like Tocqueville, he understands that democracy comes, not from our laws or our institutions, but from the character of our people. In Rediscovering a Nation, Michael Wayne Santos reintroduces us to the national character that we all need to rediscover before it is too late. And he reminds us, as Bill Clinton said in his first inaugural address, that ""there is nothing wrong with America that cannot be cured by what is right with America."

With the hyperpartisan noise polluting our political discourse today, it is easy to forget that Americans have done remarkable things. Santos reminds us that the founding of the American republic changed the world. It challenged firmly entrenched notions of monarchy and aristocracy and turned the idea of representative democracy from a theoretical principle into a meaningful possibility. While fully acknowledging the difficult parts of our history--the times when our nation has not lived up to its own ideals--Santos never loses sight of the promises inherent in America's founding story. Like Tocqueville, he understands that democracy comes, not from our laws or our institutions, but from the character of our people. In Rediscovering a Nation, Michael Wayne Santos reintroduces us to the national character that we all need to rediscover before it is too late. And he reminds us, as Bill Clinton said in his first inaugural address, that ""there is nothing wrong with America that cannot be cured by what is right with America.

"With the hyperpartisan noise polluting our political discourse today, it is easy to forget that Americans have done remarkable things. Santos reminds us that the founding of the American republic changed the world. It challenged firmly entrenched notions of monarchy and aristocracy and turned the idea of representative democracy from a theoretical principle into a meaningful possibility. While fully acknowledging the difficult parts of our history--the times when our nation has not lived up to its own ideals--Santos never loses sight of the promises inherent in America's founding story. Like Tocqueville, he understands that democracy comes, not from our laws or our institutions, but from the character of our people. In Rediscovering a Nation, Michael Wayne Santos reintroduces us to the national character that we all need to rediscover before it is too late. And he reminds us, as Bill Clinton said in his first inaugural address, that ""there is nothing wrong with America that cannot be cured by what is right with America. --Michael Austin, executive vice president and provost, University of Evansville, and author of We Must Not Be Enemies: Restoring America's Civic Tradition"

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Michael W. Santos is a Professor of History at the University of Lynchburg in Virginia. A dedicated and enthusiastic teacher, Santos has received the Shirley Rosser Excellence in Teaching Award and the T.A. Abbott Award for Faculty Excellence.

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