The Courage of Our Convictions: A Manifesto for Democrats

A rallying cry for Democrats who dream about governing and are eager to get their party back on track.―CBS News. In this powerful and provocative manifesto former senator Gary Hart offers a call to action for Democrats to embrace moral principles and progressive leadership and not to fall back into a pattern of caution and calculation. He urges a return to the principles bequeathed to the party by its great twentieth-century presidents: Franklin D. Roosevelts commitment to a single national community; Harry S. Trumans security through internationalism; John F. Kennedys ideal of civic duty and service to the nation; and Lyndon B. Johnsons insistence on equality for all citizens. With the Democrats now in control of Congress Hart speaks directly and passionately to those who seek to transform this political opportunity into a robust progressive program. As the 2008 presidential election approaches it is the wake-up call so many Americans have been waiting for.