The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream
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Senator Barack Obama reflects on the American ideals that led him into politics. Barack Obama has been hailed by voters of all stripes as a man of uncommon gifts and far-reaching vision. In THE AUDACITY OF HOPE, he draws on his personal experience as a senator and lawyer, professor and father, Christian and skeptic, and finds a shared language about our nation s values. At the same time he explores the gap between our American ideals and the ruthless imperatives of today s politics.The New York Times Sunday Book Review - Gary HartIn a very short time, Barack Obama has made himself into a figure of national interest, curiosity and some undefined hope. This book fully encourages those sentiments. His greatest test will be that of sensing the times, of matching his timing with the tides of the nation. He is at his best when he writes things like this: I find comfort in the fact that the longer I m in politics the less nourishing popularity becomes, that a striving for power and rank and fame seems to betray a poverty of ambition, and that I am answerable mainly to the steady gaze of my own conscience.
Prologue 3Republicans and Democrats 17Values 53Our Constitution 85Politics 121Opportunity 162Faith 231Race 269The World Beyond Our Borders 320Family 383Epilogue 417Acknowledgments 429Index 433
