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Fallacious Trump

Author : Jim Cliff
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781976933929
Total Pages : 104 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (339 download)

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Download or read book Fallacious Trump written by Jim Cliff and published by . This book was released on 2018-02-16 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "I used to lose every argument, then I read this book and now I win them all! It's that good.""This is a tremendous book, and I should know - I have a PhD.""Most of the other books on logical fallacies are written by Americans, so they can't be any good."These made up quotes are all logical fallacies - the kinds of common errors in reasoning that we all make from time to time. Fallacious Trump: The Donald J. Trump Guide to Logical Fallacies describes many common logical fallacies, explains why they are invalid, and helps you to spot them in your own arguments as well as other people's.Every fallacy is illustrated with real-life examples drawn from the tweets, speeches and interviews of the King of Logical Fallacies, Donald J. Trump.Fallacies contained in the book include:Ad HominemStraw ManPost Hoc Ergo Propter HocArgument from PopularityTexas SharpshooterCherry PickingEquivocationTu QuoqueRed HerringArgument from IgnoranceHasty GeneralizationBegging the QuestionGenetic FallacyPoisoning the WellMoving the GoalpostsSlippery SlopeArgument from Personal IncredulityNon-Sequiturand many more!

Donald Trump and His Assault on Truth

Author : The Washington Post Fact Checker Staff
Publisher : Scribner
ISBN 13 : 1982151072
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (821 download)

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Download or read book Donald Trump and His Assault on Truth written by The Washington Post Fact Checker Staff and published by Scribner. This book was released on 2020-06-02 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A NATIONAL BESTSELLER In perilous times, facts, expertise, and truth are indispensable. President Trump’s flagrant disregard for the truth and his self-aggrandizing exaggerations, specious misstatements, and bald-faced lies have been rigorously documented and debunked since the first day of his presidency by The Washington Post’s Fact Checker staff. Donald Trump and His Assault on Truth is based on the only comprehensive compilation and analysis of the more than 16,000 fallacious statements that Trump has uttered since the day of his inauguration. He has repeated many of his most outrageous claims dozens or even hundreds of times as he has sought to bend reality to his political fantasy and personal whim. Drawing on Trump’s tweets, press conferences, political rallies, and TV appearances, The Washington Post identifies his most frequently used misstatements, biggest whoppers, and most dangerous deceptions. This book unpacks his errant statements about the economy, immigration, the impeachment hearings, foreign policy, and, of critical concern now, the coronavirus crisis as it unfolded. Fascinating, startling, and even grimly funny, Donald Trump and His Assault on Truth by The Washington Post is the essential, authoritative record of Trump’s shocking disregard for facts.

Donald Trump and His Assault on Truth

Author : Glenn Kessler
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1982151080
Total Pages : 338 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (821 download)

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Download or read book Donald Trump and His Assault on Truth written by Glenn Kessler and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2020-06-02 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A NATIONAL BESTSELLER In perilous times, facts, expertise, and truth are indispensable. President Trump’s flagrant disregard for the truth and his self-aggrandizing exaggerations, specious misstatements, and bald-faced lies have been rigorously documented and debunked since the first day of his presidency by The Washington Post’s Fact Checker staff. Donald Trump and His Assault on Truth is based on the only comprehensive compilation and analysis of the more than 16,000 fallacious statements that Trump has uttered since the day of his inauguration. He has repeated many of his most outrageous claims dozens or even hundreds of times as he has sought to bend reality to his political fantasy and personal whim. Drawing on Trump’s tweets, press conferences, political rallies, and TV appearances, The Washington Post identifies his most frequently used misstatements, biggest whoppers, and most dangerous deceptions. This book unpacks his errant statements about the economy, immigration, the impeachment hearings, foreign policy, and, of critical concern now, the coronavirus crisis as it unfolded. Fascinating, startling, and even grimly funny, Donald Trump and His Assault on Truth by The Washington Post is the essential, authoritative record of Trump’s shocking disregard for facts.

Logically Fallacious

Author : Bo Bennett
Publisher : eBookIt.com
ISBN 13 : 1456607375
Total Pages : 429 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (566 download)

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Download or read book Logically Fallacious written by Bo Bennett and published by eBookIt.com. This book was released on 2012-02-19 with total page 429 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a crash course in effective reasoning, meant to catapult you into a world where you start to see things how they really are, not how you think they are. The focus of this book is on logical fallacies, which loosely defined, are simply errors in reasoning. With the reading of each page, you can make significant improvements in the way you reason and make decisions. Logically Fallacious is one of the most comprehensive collections of logical fallacies with all original examples and easy to understand descriptions, perfect for educators, debaters, or anyone who wants to improve his or her reasoning skills. "Expose an irrational belief, keep a person rational for a day. Expose irrational thinking, keep a person rational for a lifetime." - Bo Bennett This 2021 Edition includes dozens of more logical fallacies with many updated examples.

The Complete List of Lies from President Trump

Author : Robert Dhondrup
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781521586617
Total Pages : 106 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (866 download)

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Download or read book The Complete List of Lies from President Trump written by Robert Dhondrup and published by . This book was released on 2017-06-26 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Extensive and brilliant and a tour de force of truth and satire, Mr. Dhondrup is a beacon of accuracy who should inspire all readers who prefer their false news with a dose of reality." Not said by President Donald Trump Everywhere you look, you'll find quotable commentary and tweets attributed to President Donald Trump. Many Americans have now become accustomed to President Trump's falsehoods and lies. But as regular as they have become, people from all walks of life should not allow themselves to become numb to them.So Mr. Dhondrup has catalogued as much as he can of all the outright false statements President Trump has publicly stated since taking the oath of office. Dhondrup, one of the the Internet's foremost investigators collects his efforts into a first ever encyclopedia of corrective popular and political history.Containing an enormous amount of original research, this delightful compendium presents information previously unavailable to readers, writers, and scholars. It provides a quick guide as well as counter statements to the cultists and so-called Constitutional scholars who call President Donald J. Trump, "God's Gift to America."It also makes a great gift to give to a friend or family member who voted for Trump. And, it's a useful tool for those trying to de-program a loved one from the cults of "false news." empty rhetoric and political meme's with real facts and information - based on reality rather than White House fiction, Briebart and Fox News.Using the massive expansion in online databases as well as old-fashioned archival digging, Dhondrup provides a fascinating study of our modern abilities to find and correct misinformation and correct our President with his misleading statements and outrageous boasts through fact findings and truth.About the author. Writer and Activist, Robert Dhondrup, is a 30-year community and labor organizer living in Southern California. A past union staffer and advocate for the homeless, he also has degrees from Arizona State University and USC. When he's not writing, he likes to spend most of his time with his beautiful wife and three children.

Exonerated

Author : Dan Bongino
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1642933422
Total Pages : 365 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (429 download)

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Download or read book Exonerated written by Dan Bongino and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2019-09-24 with total page 365 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “Great new book by wonderful and very street smart author Dan Bongino, EXONERATED, THE FAILED TAKEDOWN OF PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP BY THE SWAMP. Dan hits all of the crooked points of the greatest Witch Hunt in political history. Nevertheless, the Scam continues!” —President Donald J. Trump An explosive, whistle-blowing expose, Exonerated: The Failed Takedown of Donald Trump by the Swamp reveals how Deep State actors relied on a cynical plug-and-play template to manufacture the now-discredited Russiagate scandal. With the cutting analysis and insight he exhibited in his blockbuster bestseller Spygate: The Attempted Sabotage of Donald J. Trump, Fox News contributor Bongino exposes who masterminded the dangerous playbook to take down Trump, their motives, and how a plan filled with faked allegations backfired—forcing investigators to up the ante and hide their missteps and half-truths in a desperate effort to prove a collusion case that never happened. The result? The misguided multimillion Mueller investigation that tore the nation apart, tried to destabilize the presidency and led, as the world now knows, to nowhere!

Faking the News

Author : Ryan Skinnell
Publisher : Andrews UK Limited
ISBN 13 : 1845409825
Total Pages : 194 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (454 download)

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Download or read book Faking the News written by Ryan Skinnell and published by Andrews UK Limited. This book was released on 2018-05-29 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Donald J. Trump's speaking and writing invite passionate reactions — maybe he's a bluecollar, billionaire hero who speaks the language of the common man or maybe he’s a gleefully illiterate, tremendously unqualified idiot. Whatever the case, he was persuasive enough to get himself elected President of the United States and he’s been persuasive enough to keep a majority of his supporters behind him. In Faking the News: What Rhetoric Can Teach Us About Donald J. Trump, eleven prominent rhetoric experts explain how Trump’s persuasive language works. Specifically the authors explain Trump’s persuasive uses of demagoguery, anti-Semitism, alternative facts, populism, charismatic leadership, social media, television, political slogans, visual identity/image, comedy and humor, and shame and humiliation. Faking the News is written for readers who may not know anything about rhetoric, so each chapter explains a feature of rhetoric and uses that lens to illuminate Trump’s rhetorical accomplishments. Specifically, about how he has used and still uses language, symbols, and even style to appeal to the people in his various audiences.

The Big Cheat

Author : David Cay Johnston
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1982178035
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (821 download)

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Download or read book The Big Cheat written by David Cay Johnston and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2021-11-30 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Original lie -- Jobs mirage -- Charity doghouse -- Off the books -- Collecting tribute -- Don't ask, don't know -- Conflicts of interest -- Tax scam -- Polishing apple -- The Koch papers -- Wall scam -- Opportunity knocks -- Dangerous favors -- Expensive juice -- The shipping news -- Russian money man -- Promises, promises -- Family first -- After Trump.

The Case Against Trump

Author : Kevin D. Williamson
Publisher : Encounter Books
ISBN 13 : 1594038783
Total Pages : 31 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (94 download)

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Download or read book The Case Against Trump written by Kevin D. Williamson and published by Encounter Books. This book was released on 2015-11-17 with total page 31 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Donald Trump, who rocketed to the top of the polls in the early GOP primary race, is an unlikely Republican front-runner: a longtime supporter of Democratic politicians with a history of taking views opposed to those of mainstream conservatives. A household name for his reality-television show and his tawdry tabloid history, he has connected with an underappreciated strain of right-wing populists by focusing his fire on a single issue: immigration. In this Broadside, Kevin D. Williamson takes a hard look at the Trump phenomenon and the failures of the national Republican leadership – and defects in our national character – that gave it life. Trump may or may not be in the race for the long haul, but in either case, Trumpism will remain a force.

Liar-In-Chief the Lies of President Trump

Author : Robert Dhondrup
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781521598924
Total Pages : 106 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (989 download)

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Download or read book Liar-In-Chief the Lies of President Trump written by Robert Dhondrup and published by . This book was released on 2017-06-27 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Extensive and brilliant and a tour de force of truth and satire, Mr. Dhondrup is a beacon of accuracy who should inspire all readers who prefer their false news with a dose of reality." Not said by President Donald Trump Everywhere you look, you'll find quotable commentary and tweets attributed to President Donald Trump. Many Americans have now become accustomed to President Trump's falsehoods and lies. But as regular as they have become, people from all walks of life should not allow themselves to become numb to them. So Mr. Dhondrup has catalogued as much as he can of all the outright false statements President Trump has publicly stated since taking the oath of office. Dhondrup, one of the the Internet's foremost investigators collects his efforts into a first ever encyclopedia of corrective popular and political history. Containing an enormous amount of original research, this delightful compendium presents information previously unavailable to readers, writers, and scholars. It provides a quick guide as well as counter statements to the cultists and so-called Constitutional scholars who call President Donald J. Trump, "God's Gift to America." It also makes a great gift to give to a friend or family member who voted for Trump. And, it's a useful tool for those trying to de-program a loved one from the cults of "false news." empty rhetoric and political meme's with real facts and information - based on reality rather than White House fiction, Briebart and Fox News. Using the massive expansion in online databases as well as old-fashioned archival digging, Dhondrup provides a fascinating study of our modern abilities to find and correct misinformation and correct our President with his misleading statements and outrageous boasts through fact findings and truth. About the author. Writer and Activist, Robert Dhondrup, is a 30-year community and labor organizer living in Southern California. A past union staffer and advocate for the homeless, he also has degrees from Arizona State University and USC. When he's not writing, he likes to spend most of his time with his beautiful wife and three children.

The Cult of Trump

Author : Steven Hassan
Publisher : Free Press
ISBN 13 : 1982127341
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (821 download)

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Download or read book The Cult of Trump written by Steven Hassan and published by Free Press. This book was released on 2020-09-01 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A masterful and eye-opening examination of Trump and the coercive control tactics he uses to build a fanatical devotion in his supporters written by “an authority on breaking away from cults…an argument that…bears consideration as the next election cycle heats up” (Kirkus Reviews). Since the 2016 election, Donald Trump’s behavior has become both more disturbing and yet increasingly familiar. He relies on phrases like, “fake news,” “build the wall,” and continues to spread the divisive mentality of us-vs.-them. He lies constantly, has no conscience, never admits when he is wrong, and projects all of his shortcomings on to others. He has become more authoritarian, more outrageous, and yet many of his followers remain blindly devoted. Scott Adams, the creator of Dilbert and a major Trump supporter, calls him one of the most persuasive people living. His need to squash alternate information and his insistence of constant ego stroking are all characteristics of other famous leaders—cult leaders. In The Cult of Trump, mind control and licensed mental health expert Steven Hassan draws parallels between our current president and people like Jim Jones, David Koresh, Ron Hubbard, and Sun Myung Moon, arguing that this presidency is in many ways like a destructive cult. He specifically details the ways in which people are influenced through an array of social psychology methods and how they become fiercely loyal and obedient. Hassan was a former “Moonie” himself, and he presents a “thoughtful and well-researched analysis of some of the most puzzling aspects of the current presidency, including the remarkable passivity of fellow Republicans [and] the gross pandering of many members of the press” (Thomas G. Gutheil, MD and professor of psychiatry, Harvard Medical School). The Cult of Trump is an accessible and in-depth analysis of the president, showing that under the right circumstances, even sane, rational, well-adjusted people can be persuaded to believe the most outrageous ideas. “This book is a must for anyone who wants to understand the current political climate” (Judith Stevens-Long, PhD and author of Living Well, Dying Well).

It's Even Worse Than You Think

Author : David Cay Johnston
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1501174177
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (11 download)

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Download or read book It's Even Worse Than You Think written by David Cay Johnston and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2018-01-16 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From David Cay Johnston, the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author of the bestselling The Making of Donald Trump, comes his New York Times bestseller about how the Trump Administration’s policies will affect our jobs, savings, taxes, and safety—completed revised and updated. New York Times bestselling author and longtime Trump observer David Cay Johnston shines a light on the political termites who have infested our government under the Trump administration, destroying it from within and compromising our jobs, safety, finances, and more. In It’s Even Worse Than You Think, Johnston exposes shocking details about the Mexican border wall, and how American consumers will end up paying for it, if it ever gets built; climate change, and all about Scott Pruitt who spent much of his career trying to destroy the agency he now heads; stocking—not draining—the swamp, despite his promise to do the opposite, Trump has filled his cabinet with millionaires and billionaires; and the Kleptocracy, where Donald Jr. and Eric run an eyes-wide-open blind trust of Trump holdings to avoid the appearance of conflict of interest—but not the reality. With story after story, It’s Even Worse Than You Think "diagnoses the Trump administration as a…government by the least qualified and most venal among us” (The Washington Post). This is “a momentously thorough account of President Trump’s alarmingly chaotic first year in office…a precise and fiery indictment of an unstable, unethical president that concludes with a call for us to defend our democracy” (Booklist) and is “urgent, necessary reading” (Kirkus Reviews).

A Very Stable Genius

Author : Philip Rucker
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1984877518
Total Pages : 513 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (848 download)

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Download or read book A Very Stable Genius written by Philip Rucker and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2021-02-23 with total page 513 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The instant #1 bestseller, now updated with new reporting. “This taut and terrifying book is among the most closely observed accounts of Donald J. Trump’s shambolic tenure in office to date." - Dwight Garner, The New York Times Washington Post national investigative reporter Carol Leonnig and White House bureau chief Philip Rucker, both Pulitzer Prize winners, provide the definitive insider narrative of Donald Trump’s presidency “I alone can fix it.” So proclaimed Donald J. Trump on July 21, 2016, accepting the Republican presidential nomination and promising to restore what he described as a fallen nation. Yet as he undertook the actual work of the commander in chief, it became nearly impossible to see beyond the daily chaos of scandal, investigation, and constant bluster. In fact, there were patterns to his behavior and that of his associates. The universal value of the Trump administration was loyalty—not to the country, but to the president himself—and Trump’s North Star was always the perpetuation of his own power. With deep and unmatched sources throughout Washington, D.C., Carol Leonnig and Philip Rucker reveal the forty-fifth president up close. Here, for the first time, certain officials who felt honor-bound not to divulge what they witnessed in positions of trust tell the truth for the benefit of history. A peerless and gripping narrative, A Very Stable Genius not only reveals President Trump at his most unvarnished but shows how he tested the strength of America’s democracy and its common heart as a nation.

False Alarm

Author : Ethan Porter
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108750400
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (87 download)

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Download or read book False Alarm written by Ethan Porter and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2019-09-30 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Americans are not invulnerable to factual information. They do not 'backfire'; facts do not make them less accurate. Instead, they become more accurate, even when corrections target co-partisans. Corrections of fake news yield similar results. Among Republicans, Trump's misstatements are less susceptible to corrections than identical misstatements attributed to other Republicans. While we do not observe facts affecting attitudes, multiple instances of misinformation can increase approval of the responsible politician - but corrections can reduce approval by similar amounts. While corrections do not eliminate false beliefs, they reduce the share of inaccurate beliefs among subjects in this study nearly in half.

On Tyranny

Author : Timothy Snyder
Publisher : Crown
ISBN 13 : 0804190127
Total Pages : 130 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (41 download)

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Download or read book On Tyranny written by Timothy Snyder and published by Crown. This book was released on 2017-02-28 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A “bracing” (Vox) guide for surviving and resisting America’s turn towards authoritarianism, from “a rising public intellectual unafraid to make bold connections between past and present” (The New York Times) “Timothy Snyder reasons with unparalleled clarity, throwing the past and future into sharp relief. He has written the rare kind of book that can be read in one sitting but will keep you coming back to help regain your bearings.”—Masha Gessen The Founding Fathers tried to protect us from the threat they knew, the tyranny that overcame ancient democracy. Today, our political order faces new threats, not unlike the totalitarianism of the twentieth century. We are no wiser than the Europeans who saw democracy yield to fascism, Nazism, or communism. Our one advantage is that we might learn from their experience. On Tyranny is a call to arms and a guide to resistance, with invaluable ideas for how we can preserve our freedoms in the uncertain years to come.

The Despot's Apprentice

Author : Brian Klaas
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1510735933
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (17 download)

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Download or read book The Despot's Apprentice written by Brian Klaas and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2017-11-14 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ”[A] primer on the threat to democracy posed by—and I can’t believe I’m saying this—the current president of the United States.” —David Litt, New York Times bestselling author Donald Trump isn’t a despot. But he is increasingly acting like The Despot’s Apprentice, an understudy in authoritarian tactics that threaten to erode American democracy, including: Attacking the press Threatening rule of law by firing those who investigate his alleged wrongdoings Using nepotism to staff the White House and countless other techniques Donald Trump is borrowing tactics from the world’s dictators and despots. Trump’s fascination with the military, his obsession with his own cult of personality, and his deliberate campaign to blur the line between fact and falsehood are nothing new to the world of despots. But they are new to the United States. With each authoritarian tactic or tweet, Trump poses a unique threat to democratic government in the world’s most powerful democracy. At the same time, Trump’s apprenticeship has serious consequences beyond the United States. His bizarre adoration and idolization of despotic strongmen—from Russia’s Putin, to Turkey’s Erdogan, or to the Philippines’ Duterte—has transformed American foreign policy into a powerful cheerleader for some of the world’s worst regimes. In The Despot’s Apprentice, an ex-US campaign advisor who has sat with the world’s dictators explains Donald Trump’s increasingly authoritarian tactics and how Trump uniquely threatens American democracy... and how to save it from him.

Old Whigs

Author : Greg Weiner
Publisher : Encounter Books
ISBN 13 : 1641770511
Total Pages : 181 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (417 download)

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Download or read book Old Whigs written by Greg Weiner and published by Encounter Books. This book was released on 2019-06-11 with total page 181 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The virtue of prudence suffuses the writings of Edmund Burke and Abraham Lincoln, yet the demands of statecraft compelled both to take daring positions against long odds: Burke against the seemingly inexorable march of the French Revolution, Lincoln against disunion at a moment when the Northern situation appeared untenable. Placing their statesmanship and writings in relief helps to illuminate prudence in its full dimensions: inflected with caution but not confined to it, bound to circumstance, and finding expression in the particular but grounded in the absolute. This comparative study of two thinkers and statesmen who described themselves as “Old Whigs” argues for a recovery of prudence as the political virtue par excellence by viewing it through the eyes, words, and deeds of two of its foremost exemplars. Both statesmen who were deeply informed by the life of the mind, Burke and Lincoln illustrate prudence in its universal but also contrasting dimensions. Burke emphasized the primacy of feeling, Lincoln the axioms of logic. Burke saw British prudence emanating from the mists of ancient history; for Lincoln, America’s soul lay in a discrete moment of founding in 1776. Yet both were moved by a respect for the mysterious and customary. Each maintained the virtue of compromise while adhering to immovable commitments. At a time when American politics, and American conservatism in particular, teems with a desire for boldness but also an innate resistance to schemes of social or political transformation, this book answers with a fuller and richer account of prudence as it emerges in the thought and action of two of the greatest statesmen and thinkers of modern times.