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The United States faces dangerous threats from Russia, China, North Korea, Iran, terrorists, climate change, and future pandemics. The greatest peril to the country, however, comes not from abroad, but from within, from none other than Americans, themselves. The question facing Americans is whether they are prepared to do what is necessary to save their democracy. In The Bill of Obligations, CFR President Richard Haass argues that the very idea of citizenship must be revised and expanded. He lays out the ten obligations that are essential for healing America’s divisions and safeguarding the country’s future.
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“Richard Haass had turned his keen mind and large heart to the most important of questions: The meaning of citizenship. If American democracy is to survive, it will require all of us to embrace what Haass calls our common obligations. This is a vital work for a decisive time.”
— Jon Meacham, author of And There Was Light: Abraham Lincoln and the American Struggle
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“We get the government and the country we deserve. Getting the one we need, however, is up to us,” argues Haass. His new book gives citizens a plan of action to achieve it.
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Additional Endorsements for The Bill of Obligations:
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“We need a clear and thoughtful statement of our obligations to each other and to the country if this grand and fragile experiment in democracy is to survive. The Bill of Obligations does just that!”
— Eddie Glaude, Professor, Princeton University
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“Americans argue a lot about their rights, but, as Richard Haass reminds us, democracy only works if we also recognize our responsibilities. His newest book reminds us of what those are, providing an indispensable guide to good citizenship in an era of division and rancor.”
— Anne Applebaum, author of Twilight of Democracy: The Seductive Lure of Authoritarianism
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“In this essential book, Richard Haass calls upon us all to commit anew to the obligations of American citizenship upon which our increasingly faltering American democracy was founded.”
— J. Michael Luttig, former U.S. Court of Appeals judge
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