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Join Charles R. Kesler, Professor of Government at Claremont McKenna College, as he discusses the editing process of the Declaration of Independence. With his understanding of American political 3. Charles Kesler, “A Special Meaning of the Declaration of Independence: A Tribute to Harry V. Jaffa,” National Review (July 6, 1979). 4. Kesler, “The Higher Law and ‘Original Intent’: The Challenge for Conservatism,” The Intercollegiate Review (Vol. 220, No. 2, Spring 1987), 12. 5. Charles Kesler: Neither [John] Adams nor [Alexander] Hamilton or any of the other critics of the American Revolution and critics of [Thomas] Paine would ever abandon what they regarded, I think Charles Kesler did not sign the National Conservatism Statement of Principles “not so much because of what it said but because of a certain unease over what it did not say.” The Statement mentions the Constitution, but not the Declaration of Independence. Nor does it mention natural law, natural rights, the social contract, or that America is exceptional because, unlike most other nations Kesler concludes that the SoP asserts a nationalism different from that “advanced in the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and The Federalist.” Indeed, “the Natcons risk supplanting Americans’ actual political inheritance with a faux inheritance, all in the name of tradition.” A DOCUMENT THAT SHAPED A NATIONAn authoritative analysis of the Constitution of the United States and an enduring classic of political philosophy. Written by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay, The Federalist Papers explain the complexities of a constitutional government—its political structure and principles based on the inherent rights of man. The editor, Professor Charles Kesler, believes that The Federalist was a great achievement in political science, and that Publius remains the edu cator of a free people and the shaper of their future statesmen. Introduction -- A note on this edition -- The Federalist Papers -- Contents of the Federalist -- Preface -- The Declaration of Independence -- The Articles of Confederation -- The Constitution of the United States of America, collated with The Federalist Papers -- Notes on The Federalist Papers -- Selected bibliography -- Index of ideas Charles Kesler’s defense of the American Founding from its critics on the left and right alike can help us recover our most cherished principles. 3. Charles Kesler, "A Special Meaning of the Declaration of Independence: A Tribute to Harry V. Jaffa," National Review (July 6, 1979). 4. Kesler, "The Higher Law and 'Original Intent': The Challenge for Conservatism," The Intercollegiate Review (Vol. 220, No. 2, Spring 1987), 12. 5. Dr. Paul Kengor: Dr. Charles Kesler, what was so uniquely significant about the American Declaration of Independence, and how and why does it continue to stand apart as an almost sacred political document? The Declaration of Independence and American Democracy Charles R. Kesler Professor of Government Claremont McKenna College Edited by Clinton Rossiter and Charles R. Kesler. New York: Signet, 2003. Excerpt from Hamilton’s general introduction in Federalist 1: “AFTER an unequivocal experience of the inefficiency of the subsisting federal government, you are called upon to deliberate on a new Constitution for the United States of America. Charles Kesler is a distinguished professor of government at Claremont McKenna College. Courtesy | Claremont Institute The roots of modern American political disputes can be traced to the editing of Thomas Jefferson’s draft of the Declaration of Independence, Charles Kesler, senior fellow of the Claremont Institute, said in a lecture titled “Editing the Declaration: Natural Rights and 3. Charles Kesler, "A Special Meaning of the Declaration of Independence: A Tribute to Harry V. Jaffa," National Review (July 6, 1979). 4. Kesler, "The Higher Law and 'Original Intent': The Challenge for Conservatism," The Intercollegiate Review (Vol. 220, No. 2, Spring 1987), 12. 5. This understanding permits Kesler to regard the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution both as statements of principle and as prudential documents. As a statement of principle, the Declaration is universal. Charles Kesler joins Brian Anderson to discuss the divide between liberal and conservative visions of the Constitution, the “three waves of liberalism” that shaped America’s twentieth century, and the future of the conservative movement, post-Trump. Kesler’s latest book is Crisis of the Two Constitutions: The Rise, Decline, and Recovery of American Greatness. Audio Transcript Brian [] Dr. Charles Kesler: It was, to begin with, the first declaration of independence in diplomatic history.Colonies had broken away from a mother country before, of course, but never by a solemn declaration appealing to natural law and the law of nations, and looking forward to a world of separate but equal sovereignties. American politics grows embittered because it is increasingly torn between two rival constitutions, two opposed cultures, two contrary ways of life. American conservatives rally around the founders’ Constitution, as amended and as grounded in the natural and divine rights and duties of the Declaration of Independence. Sovereigntyas understood in the Declaration of Independence was originally, and by nature, the equal and unalienable possession of individual human beings. The original equality of all human beings was an equality of sovereignty; no man had more right to rule another than the other had to rule him. — Harry V. Jaffa

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