Personal Character and National Destiny - Hardcover

"In plain language, the author of this book warns Americans that if the values upon which this nation was built continue to wane, our beloved country is doomed. This is straight talk about the essentiality of Christianity in the motivation of achievement in America's history and in its future. His message is one which demands our attention."

Professor Jones has made a powerful case for saving the values of an America built on self-reliance and self-achievement from the ever-present danger of the elitists, who abound in the Congress, in academia and in the non-profit think tanks. These elitists would govern us with sumptuary laws and processes, which will gradually devour the seed corn of our country. We must be on guard to maintain a value system based on the individual right to achieve and to be left alone.
Griffin B. Bell, Law Offices of King & Spalding, U.S. Attorney General (1977-1979)

"In plain language, the author of this book warns Americans that if the values upon which this nation was built continue to wane, our beloved country is doomed. This is straight talk about the essentiality of Christianity in the motivation of achievement in America's history and in its future. His message is one which demands our attention."
D. James Kennedy, Ph.D., Senior Minister, Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church

"The political, social, and economic parallels drawn between the 'rise and fall' of ancient Greece and that of the United States are striking. The 'fall' is conditioned by increased government dependence and bureaucracy, which erodes personal initiatives, freedoms, and character."
"Economic personalism, the normative philosophical origin of the study of economics, once again proclaims that religion and its shaping of personal character is the prime determinant of national destiny. Jones' book is a wake-up call." Gary Quinlivan, Dean of the Alex G. McKenna School at Saint Vincent College and Adjunct Scholar of the Acton Institute

A nation's destiny is not the result of arbitrary fate but the inevitable consequence of the values to which its people subscribe. Attitudes with regard to personal excellence, individual accomplishment, and self-control predict national periods of rise, ascendancy, and decline.The people who flocked to America's shores between 1620 and 1900 weren't looking for a handout. All they wanted was the liberty to do the best they could with their lives. It was given to them, and they turned the U. S. into a land of promise.A people's values are evident in the literature they create. The most popular works of 150 years ago were filled with stories of self-reliance, faith, honesty, perseverance, and victorious achievement. The modern media, by contrast, careens from one "crisis" to the next, with an emphasis on helplessness and victimization. Government expands its following by offering to "help" the citizen with things that he ought to be dealing with himself.The old emphasis on self-reliance made America great. Will the modern emphasis on dependency destroy us?