To the American people of 1789, their nation promised a new way of life: each individual a free … - Charles A. Reich

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Charles A. Reich

To the American people of 1789, their nation promised a new way of life: each individual a free man; each having the right to seek his own happiness; a republican form of government in which the people would be sovereign; and no arbitrary power over people's lives. Less than two hundred years later, almost every aspect of the dream has been lost.

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