Reversing America's Decline : Jefferson's Remedy

The Declaration of Independence, Constitution, and Federalist Papers are the driving forces of American government. Thomas Jefferson held that the Federalist Papers contain the genuine meaning of the Constitution. Author Neal Herrick focuses on the manifest tenor, the general principles, structural principles and operational principles as they are stated and implied in the Declaration and shows how Jeffersons interpretation could be applied to todays government to reverse national decline.