Dr. Richard Haass is president of the nonpartisan Council on Foreign Relations. An experienced diplomat and policymaker, he served in the Pentagon, State Department, and White House under four presidents, Democrat and Republican alike. A recipient of the Presidential Citizens Medal, the State Department's Distinguished Honor Award, and the Tipperary International Peace Award, he is the author or editor of fifteen other books, including the bestselling The World: A Brief Introduction, A World in Disarray, and Foreign Policy Begins at Home.
"Richard Haass has turned his keen mind and large heart to the most
important of questions: The meaning of citizenship. If American
democracy is to endure, it will require all of us to embrace what
Haass calls our common obligations. This is a vital work for a
decisive time." -Jon Meacham, author of And There Was Light:
Abraham Lincoln and the American Struggle
"Democracy is more than procedures and laws. It is an ethical ideal
that requires much of us if it is to succeed. Richard Haass
powerfully describes what he calls the Bill of Obligations,
commitments and values needed for these challenging times. We may
not see eye-to-eye on all the issues, but here I agree: we need a
clear and thoughtful statement of our obligations to each other and
to the country if this grand and fragile experiment in democracy is
to survive. The Bill of Obligations does just that!"-Eddie
Glaude, James S. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor,
Princeton University
"Americans argue a lot about their rights, but, as Richard Haass
reminds us, democracy only works if we also recognize our
responsibilities. His newest book reminds us of what those are,
providing an indispensable guide to good citizenship in an era of
division and rancor." -Anne Applebaum, author of Twilight of
Democracy: The Seductive Lure of Authoritarianism
"In this essential book, Richard Haass calls upon us all to commit
anew to the obligations of American citizenship upon which our
increasingly faltering American democracy was founded. He rightly
observes that the future of this country, if not the world, depends
on our answering this clarion call to put patriotic, civic
obligation front and center in the national political conversation.
This book's message is desperately needed if we are to bring an end
to the poisonous politics eating away at the fabric of our society
and begin to mend our tattered nation." -J. Michael Luttig,
former United States Court of Appeals judge
"The reasoned arguments [Richard Haass] presents make his
eloquent book well worth the read." -Booklist
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