Bachmann contributes chapter to new conservative book

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Rep. Michele Bachmann is a contributing author to a new book being published by the Heritage Foundation. “Indivisible: Social and Economic Foundations of American Liberty” also contains chapters by religious right leaders Tony Perkins of the Family Research Council, the National Organization for Marriage’s Jennifer Roback Morse and Bishop Harry R. Jackson, Jr., as well as politicians such as Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan and Ohio’s former Secretary of State Ken Blackwell.

The book is being distributed as a free PDF. Here’s an excerpt of Bachmann’s chapter, titled “Property: Property and the Pursuit of Happiness.”

The brain trust of the Founders who articulated our first principles fearlessly declared that our breaking of the bond with Great Britain was justified by natural law, which is the universal and God-given understanding of morality and human rights. The natural law applies to all people and all nations throughout the world for all time. Since they are grounded in this natural law, if we treat our God-given liberties as if they are gifts of a man-made government, we threaten those very liberties with extinction. When we forget the origin of our rights, when we forget the principles from which our rights sprang into being, then we’ve abdicated the liberties endowed by our Creator. The idea of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, then, entails a right to own property.

Other topics and authors covered in the e-book:

* Civil Society: Moral Arguments for Limiting Government – Joseph G. Lehman
* Rule of Law: Economic Prosperity Requires the Rule of Law – J. Kenneth Blackwell
* Life: The Cause of Life Can’t be Severed from the Cause of Freedom – Representative Paul Ryan
* Free Exchange: Morality and Economic Freedom – Jim Daly with Glenn T. Stanton
* Marriage: The Limited-Government Case for Marriage – Jennifer Roback Morse, Ph.D.
* Profit: Prophets and Profit – Marvin Olasky, Ph.D.
* Family: Washington’s War on the Family and Free Enterprise – Stephen Moore
* Wages: The Value of Wages – Bishop Harry R. Jackson, Jr.
* Religion: Why Faith Is a Good Investment – Arthur Brooks, Ph.D., and Robin Currie
* International Trade: Why Trade Works for Family, Community, and Sovereignty – Ramesh Ponnuru
* Culture: A Culture of Responsibility – Edwin J. Feulner, Ph.D.
* Property: Property and the Pursuit of Happiness – Representative Michele Bachmann
* Environment: Conserving Creation – Tony Perkins
* Education: A Unified Vision for Education Choice – Randy Hicks