"Smart, patriotic, and readable, this book is what our cynical culture needs." — Pete Hegseth, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Battle for the American Mind
America is full of inspiring heroes.
Greatness is not a chance—it is a choice. George Washington didn't simply wake up as one of the greatest men in human history. His greatness was the sum of a lifetime of difficult and consequential choices.
In Lessons in Liberty, Jeremy S. Adams distills inspiring advice on character and virtue from the lives of extraordinary Americans from our past.
Adams has been an educator for more than a quarter century. Teaching a new generation of students who suffer with anxiety, passivity, and a cynical view of their own nation and its principles has convinced him that a change is urgently needed: The recovery of national greatness requires that we passionately study our heroes. Lessons in Liberty is the first step in this essential civics education, a guide to discovering the better angels of our nature by restoring the possibilities of individual freedom.
In this beautifully written, proudly patriotic, and deeply researched collection of inspirational biographies, Adams reclaims the power of the American story, discovering thirty different and surprising leadership lessons that will inspire modern Americans to lead better and more substantive lives.