 | The Prince (Bantam Classics) by Niccolo Machiavelli
Buy new: $4.50 / Used from: $1.10 To first control power, you must obtain it and understand it. A timeless case study of power politics.
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 | Leviathan (Oxford World's Classics) by Thomas Hobbes
Buy new: $9.95 / Used from: $1.20 Another classic essential to a conservative. Hobbes gives a definitive on how the state relates to individuals.
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 | On Liberty and Other Essays (Oxford World's Classics) by John Stuart Mill
Buy new: $9.95 / Used from: $2.67 J.S. Mill's thoughts on free will and individuals.
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 | Capitalism and Freedom: Fortieth Anniversary Edition by Milton Friedman
Buy new: $13.50 / Used from: $9.49 This book lays out the the foundations of modern economic theory. The progenitor of Reganomics.
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 | The Road to Serfdom Fiftieth Anniversary Edition by F. A. Hayek
Buy used from: $5.98 Frederick Hayak's warning about the dangers of socialism.
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 | City of God (Penguin Classics) by St. Augustine
Buy used from: $1.84 St. Augustine of Hippo details how a society not founded on morals and ethic has sown the seeds of its own destruction.
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 | Two Treatises of Government by John Locke
Buy new: $11.69 / Used from: $2.49 Locke's ideas were central in the foundation of the U. S government. A must read.
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 | Abraham Lincoln: Redeemer President by Allen C. Guelzo
Buy used from: $10.45 Great Republican President #1
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 | Theodore Rex (Modern Library Paperbacks) by Edmund Morris
Buy new: $12.21 / Used from: $0.98 Great Republican President #2
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 | Ronald Reagan: How an Ordinary Man Became an Extraordinary Leader by Dinesh D'Souza
Buy new: $10.40 / Used from: $0.01 Great Republican President #3
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 | Bonfire of the Humanities: Rescuing the Classics in an Impoverished Age by Victor Davis Hanson
Buy new: $16.47 / Used from: $4.65 V. D. Hanson (One of my favorite authors..) on reclaiming the intellictual heritage of the West.
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 | The Wealth of Nations (Modern Library) by Adam Smith
Buy new: $17.79 / Used from: $7.21 Essential reading for anyone wanting to understand Capitalism.
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 | Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand
Buy new: $8.99 / Used from: $2.49 You knew this was going to be on the list. Dense, but important.
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 | The Terrible Truth About Liberals by Neal Boortz
Buy new: $9.56 / Used from: $3.00 Sadly out of print. Grab a copy of this if you see it. The Libritarian Priest of the Church of the Painful Truth
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 | The Federalist Papers (Signet Classics) by Alexander Hamilton
Buy new: $7.95 / Used from: $3.91 When someone talks about the Founding Fathers, you'll know what they really meant.
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 | The Declaration of Independence and The Constitution of the United States (Bantam Classic)
Buy new: $2.95 / Used from: $0.01 The modern Liberal has never seen these. Be sure and remind them of it often...
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 | The Social Contract (Penguin Classics) by Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Buy new: $9.00 / Used from: $1.38 Another important philosopher to conservatives.
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 | The Conservative Mind: From Burke to Eliot by Russell Kirk
Buy new: $13.57 / Used from: $7.25 A nice primer for the initiate.
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 | The POLITICS OF BAD FAITH: The Radical Assault on America's Future by David Horowitz
Buy new: $12.55 / Used from: $0.69 Exposing the new ideas on "freedom" and "equality" in today's politics.
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 | Let Freedom Ring: Winning the War of Liberty over Liberalism by Sean Hannity
Buy used from: $0.01 A really nice read by one of the rising stars of the American Right.
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 | What's So Great About America by Dinesh D'Souza
Buy new: $20.40 / Used from: $0.37 Fall in love with your country all over again.
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