Statesmen

Abortion and the Conscience of the Nation Ronald Reagan's 1984 essay arguing that the nation must confront the moral question of abortion, with essays by Malcolm Muggeridge and Mother Teresa. Political Debates Between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen A. Douglas The seven 1858 Illinois Senate debates in which Lincoln argued against the spread of slavery and Douglas defended popular sovereignty. Reagan, in His Own Hand The radio commentaries Reagan wrote himself in 1975 to 1979, which show his thinking before the presidency. The Conscience of a Conservative Barry Goldwater's 1960 manifesto, a short statement of limited government, states' rights and anticommunism that launched a movement. The Downing Street Years Margaret Thatcher's 1993 memoir of her eleven years as prime minister, covering privatization, the Falklands, the Cold War and her fall. The Gathering Storm Winston Churchill's 1948 first volume of his war memoirs, covering the years of appeasement and the failure to stop Hitler. The Strenuous Life Theodore Roosevelt's 1900 collection of speeches and essays preaching hard work, courage, national duty and civic responsibility.