CONTENTS

1. COVER
2. TITLE PAGE
3. COPYRIGHT
4. DEDICATION
5. INTRODUCTION
6. 1  BIG GOVERNMENT SOCIALISM ISN’T WORKING—AND IT CAN’T
7. 2  DANGER AND OPPORTUNITY
8. 3  WHAT WORKS: HISTORY, STABILITY, AND STRENGTH
9. 4  THE ROT AT THE TOP
10. 5  HUMAN NATURE, GOVERNMENT, AND THE RULE OF LAW
11. 6  POVERTY AND DESPAIR
12. 7  OPPORTUNITY AND HOPE
13. 8  CRISIS AND CHAOS
14. 9  PRAGMATISM AND PROSPERITY
15. 10 INHERENT HUBRIS
16. 11 CIVILITY AND GRACE
17. CONCLUSION: THE PATRIOTISM OF PERSISTENCE
18. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
19. DISCOVER MORE
20. ABOUT THE AUTHOR
21. ALSO BY NEWT GINGRICH FROM CENTER STREET
22. NOTES