American Will: The Forgotten Choices That Changed Our Republic Audiobook (Free)

Governor Bobby Jindal of Louisiana, a much-talked-about 2016 presidential applicant, gives fourteen lessons from our nation’s former and discusses how they could be used to restore American courage, trust, and wisdom.

Nearly forty-five years back, Bobby Jindal’s parents still left their home in rural India-a place with no electricity or running water-to build a fresh life in america. Each day, Jindal’s dad told him, “You should be thankful that you were blessed to be born in the greatest about American Will: The Ignored Choices That Changed Our Republic nation in the history of the world”-a country where in fact the son of poor immigrants could grow up to become the governor of Louisiana.

For Jindal, this defining encounter bolsters a profound belief in American exceptionalism: Freedom isn’t just the American method, it’s the American will.

As we approach the next great turning stage with this extraordinary nation’s remarkable history, Jindal brings alive inspiring stories from our country’s past which have influenced his beliefs as well as the indispensable lessons each can teach us about our future. Stories such as the stalwart senator who galvanized the public against Hillary Clinton’s expensive and oppressive socialist health-care proposal in the first 1990s; the business owner whose dogged dedication ushered in an internationally energy trend, and with it technological innovation and economic development; and the Founding Father who refused to “lead from behind” and rather used his eyesight for the nascent nation’s vast potential and the very best interests of its people to outwit a greedy dictator.

Within the next election, we can continue down the existing destructive path of big government, emboldened enemies, diminished liberties, and hostility to religious faith. Or we are able to embrace the values that have usually propelled America to the very best: limited government; free people and free markets; strength and exceptionalism; and the essential role of religious trust in effecting modification. American power can be valuable, and our vital interests and the ones of our allies depend on strong leadership. Whom will we choose: a cynic or a statesman, a politician or a problem solver?

The dramatic tales in American Can illuminate the courage, faith, and vision that people need in 2016-and the government folly, corruption, and myopia that jeopardize our future.