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2010
Annual Fund
Drive
to
Rescue
Liberty...
and
Stop
America's Slide Toward Bigger
Government
and Bureaucratic Despotism
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Dear
Supporter of Freedom,
My name is Dr. Larry
Arnn, President of
Hillsdale College, and I am writing to you
because I know you are a well-informed American who
shares our alarm about America's current national
leadership.
You might have heard our ads on Rush Limbaugh, Sean
Hannity, Mark Levin, and other great conservative radio
shows.
The purpose of these
ads is to get millions of Americans involved in the
battle to rescue liberty and oppose America's slide
toward bigger government and bureaucratic despotism.
We also want to let
Americans know that there is a world-class college in
America that believes in liberty and the principles of
limited government that made America great.
That college is
Hillsdale College -- which
Forbes magazine
now ranks ahead of three Ivy League colleges and many
other prominent schools.
I am guessing that you
are as alarmed as we are that liberty in America is now
on the brink of being extinguished -- which is why I
have two specific requests:
. .
.so that we
can STOP America's slide into bigger government and
bureaucratic despotism (which is even more
dangerous than socialism).
2)
As part of this campaign, we hope to include your
views in our
2010 National Survey on the American Leadership
Crisis and the Purpose of a College Education.
Why Your Participation
in the Survey is Important
As part of Hillsdale's
national campaign to revive an appreciation of liberty
and of the Constitution, we are conducting a survey of
1,000,000 citizens who we have identified as
well-informed . . . who understand that America's future
leaders come from America's colleges . . . and who know
that the thinking of America's future leaders is shaped
by their college experience.
The survey has two main
goals:
1) We want to show America's political leaders that
federal intrusion in education is unnecessary and
corrupting.
The more government
interferes with education, the more government has hurt
education.
We want to show
America's political leaders -- including President Obama
and members of Congress -- that Hillsdale remains a
world-class college without accepting one penny of
taxpayer money.
And we also want to
show America's political leaders that most Americans
don't want the kind of college or university that
results from intrusive regulation by the Department of
Education.
We expect this survey
to show that most parents and students want an education
that includes American history, teaches the importance
of the Constitution to liberty, and supports the moral
beliefs most families teach at home -- instead of
undermining what most Americans believe.
2) We want to show the leaders of America's
colleges and universities why Hillsdale has been so
successful.
It's because Hillsdale
is delivering what most parents and students want from a
college -- a world-class education that supports the
moral truths taught in most American homes.
Obviously, there's no
way Hillsdale can teach every student in America.
Ideally, we would like
to see other colleges and universities in America become
more like Hillsdale.
Many colleges and
universities are seeing a decline in student
applications for admission.
But if these colleges
were to start offering Americans what they want and
expect from a college education, they would start
attracting more students.
We aim to show that
with this survey. So we will be sharing the results
with America's educational leaders.
Hillsdale's Four-Part Plan
to Rescue Liberty in America in 2010
Hillsdale College, by
contrast, is dedicated to training a new generation of
leaders for America who understand the Constitution of
the United States and who will uphold and defend
liberty.
That, in summary, is the Hillsdale College
difference.
But Hillsdale has made
a decision in 2010 to bring our educational programs
that promote liberty to tens of millions of Americans .
. . because we are not going to get political leaders
who uphold liberty until we have citizens who understand
and value liberty.
That is why Hillsdale
College has launched the following four-part plan to
rescue liberty in 2010:
Goal #1:
Completing construction of its new Allan P. Kirby,
Jr. Center for Constitutional Studies and
Citizenship in Washington, D.C.
Hillsdale College has
purchased a 16,000 square-foot building just a few
blocks from the U.S. Capitol that will serve as the
headquarters for all of our efforts to . . .
1)
Enable Hillsdale students to serve as interns
in our government so they can be prepared for future
leadership;
2)
Teach America's political leaders (especially
members of Congress) about the principles of
America's founding fathers and the importance of the
Constitution to freedom; and
3)
Provide the best research and teachings on
how many of the policies being enacted today violate
the Constitution.
We are
now building the conference rooms needed to host
educational programs on the Constitution for Hillsdale's
students, members of Congress, their staff, key
government officials, and the general public.
The Kirby Center for
Constitutional Studies and Citizenship will also serve
as a home base for our undergraduate students who are
serving as interns in Congress, throughout government,
and in the media.
And while construction
is underway, Hillsdale is already conducting educational
programs on Capitol Hill and at other locations in
Washington.
I am pleasantly
surprised at the enormous turnout we've been seeing for
our educational programs on liberty -- including members
of Congress, their staff, and the news media.
Goal #2:
Make Hillsdale's educational programs on liberty
available to millions more Americans over the
Internet.
Hillsdale is in the
process of making our educational programs on liberty
available to millions of Americans via the Internet.
For example, you will
be able to see and hear many of the lectures, seminars,
conferences, and briefings held at the new Kirby Center
for Constitutional Studies at home on your computer.
Our goal is to have
millions of Americans taking part in the Kirby Center
for Constitutional Studies online education programs on
the Constitution and principles of liberty . . . because
we can't rescue liberty in America if our nation's
citizens don't understand the principles of our
Constitution, and why reviving and upholding their
principles are vital to American liberty and prosperity.
Goal #3:
Continue to expand Hillsdale's radio ads on Rush
Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, Mark Levin, and other radio
shows that promote liberty and oppose bigger
government and bureaucratic despotism.
Hillsdale is conducting
this ad campaign to let friends of liberty across
America know that there is an excellent alternative to
America's typical elite colleges and universities that
undermine the moral truths taught in most American homes
and the political and economic principles that made
America the freest and most prosperous country in human
history.
As part of this
promotional campaign, we also invite listeners to
sign up for a no-charge subscription to Imprimis,
Hillsdale College's flagship publication on liberty.
In fact, we will gladly
send you a complimentary subscription to Imprimis as our
way of thanking you for participating in the survey by
going here right now.
What we do in the pages
of Imprimis is reprint the best speeches and lectures
that have been delivered at Hillsdale College events . .
. because we want these great speeches to be available
not just to our students, but to millions of thinking
Americans.
Lectures and speeches
reprinted in the pages of Imprimis have included such
speakers as . . .
-
Ronald Reagan
-
Margaret Thatcher
-
William F. Buckley, Jr.
-
Milton Friedman (the Nobel Prize winning free-market
economist)
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Rush Limbaugh
-
Steve Forbes
-
And many other defenders of liberty and the U.S.
Constitution
We
especially look to reach influential Americans with
Imprimis -- including journalists, teachers, professors,
members of Congress, congressional staff, military
officers, business leaders, authors, attorneys, judges,
government officials, media executives, newscasters,
radio and TV talk show hosts, youth leaders, and others
of those most responsible for leading and shaping public
opinion.
So far more than 1,800,000 Americans have signed up to
receive Imprimis -- making Imprimis the world's most
widely read publication promoting liberty and the
principles that made America great.
It costs Hillsdale
about 19 cents for every copy of Imprimis we mail to a
free subscriber.
That means it costs
Hillsdale about $342,000 every time we mail one issue of
Imprimis to our 1,800,000 no-cost subscribers. Then
multiply that number by 10 for the year.
Our goal, with your help, is to have 3,000,000 Imprimis
readers by the end of this year because we want ever
increasing numbers of thoughtful and influential
Americans to hear about the threats to liberty today and
how to defeat them.
This will require a
substantial commitment and investment.
In fact,
the only way we can do this is with donations from
Americans like you
who understand the long-term value of maintaining a
world-class institution of higher learning dedicated to
teaching the principles of liberty -- especially to our
current and future national leaders.
And of course,
just by taking the survey,
we will start sending you Imprimis as well. And we will
count you as a valued new member of the Hillsdale
family.
Goal #4:
Remaining independent of federal bureaucrats . . .
. . .
so that Hillsdale is never forced to compromise
its commitment to liberty and intellectual
honesty.
Now, here's something
else you should know about Hillsdale College.
Unlike almost all other
colleges and universities, Hillsdale refuses all federal
taxpayer subsidies because we don't want government
bureaucrats telling Hillsdale who we must hire, who we
must admit for enrollment (especially if they don't meet
Hillsdale's tough academic standards), or what we are
allowed to teach.
As we have seen
recently with the banks, federal aid comes with federal
strings, which are corrupting. And we don't want that
for Hillsdale.
So we REJECT all federal taxpayer subsidies -- even
in the form of student grants and loans.
This means 100% of
Hillsdale College's funds must come from student tuition
and contributions from Americans like you who care about
liberty and the future of our great nation.
Contributions from our
generous supporters help keep tuition affordable for our
students.
We don't want money to
be a barrier for any qualified student to attend
Hillsdale College and learn to cherish and defend
liberty.
My Request To You
As you can see,
Hillsdale has an ambitious plan to promote liberty in
2010! Most notable is its plan to make seminars about
the Constitution available to millions of Americans on
the Internet.
But Hillsdale cannot
continue to expand its educational outreach programs in
defense of liberty without contributions from citizens
like you who believe in liberty and share our alarm at
the direction President Obama and this Congress are
taking America.
Some of Hillsdale's
benefactors make gifts of $1,000 or even more, while
other friends of Hillsdale are making an equal sacrifice
by offering gifts of $25 or $50.
But if your
contribution is $500 or more, you become eligible to
have your name (or the name of a loved one you would
like to honor) engraved permanently in a brick on the
Liberty Walkway of Honor located on the Hillsdale
Campus.
This Liberty Walkway of
Honor serves as a reminder to our students to be
thankful for our supporters and benefactors who help
keep tuition affordable with their donations.
Only you know what the
right contribution amount is for you.
What's most important
is for you to contribute what you can . . . because I
consider every dollar we receive in donations here at
Hillsdale as a vote of support for what we represent --
an institution of higher learning that defends liberty
and that can compete for the best professors and
students with America's liberal elite colleges and
universities.
Please answer my
message right now by clicking this link
before you go onto something else and possibly forget.
I hope I can count on
you to answer this email right now by going here and
completing our survey, as well as making your best
contribution for 2010.
Sincerely,
Dr.
Larry P. Arnn
President,
Hillsdale College
Pursuing Truth and Defending Liberty since 1844
P.S. Forbes
magazine now ranks
Hillsdale College
ahead of such prestigious Ivy League colleges as
Dartmouth, Cornell, Duke, and others of America's most
prominent schools -- proving that we can be unapologetic
in our defense of liberty and be recognized as a
world-class college.
America is rapidly losing its liberty because too
many Americans (including America's political
leaders) have little understanding of how vital our
Constitution is to liberty and prosperity.
That's why Hillsdale in 2010, with your support,
aims to reach tens of millions of Americans
through our educational programs that are aimed
at reviving an appreciation and understanding of
liberty by:
1) Completing construction of the new Kirby
Center for Constitutional Studies and
Citizenship in Washington, D.C. (a few blocks
from Congress);
2) Allowing millions of Americans to participate
via the Internet in the new Kirby Center's
programs on liberty and the importance of our
Constitution;
3) Increasing our free subscribers to Imprimis
from 1,800,000 to 3,000,000 in 2010 (with a
special focus on reaching leaders and shapers of
public opinion); and
4) Maintain Hillsdale's unique independence from
federal funding and federal control in order to
train a new generation of American leaders who
have character and integrity, and who believe in
liberty.
From the Desk of:
SEAN HANNITY
Dear Supporter of
Liberty,
 How
many members of Congress do you think have read the U.S.
Constitution?
I would guess not
many, judging by the explosive growth in the size of
government that we have seen over the past half-century,
and particularly over the past year.
Today, our Founding
Fathers would not recognize the America they created, as
President Obama and the Left use their political power
to nationalize huge portions of our economy.
That's why I want
to tell you about Hillsdale College -- America's
premier college that teaches its students about the
blessing of liberty and about our nation's founding
principles.
Unlike most other
colleges in America, Hillsdale teaches its students that
our Constitution is the greatest charter of liberty ever
written, and that it is the reason America emerged
quickly as the freest, most prosperous nation in human
history.
Unlike most other
colleges,
Hillsdale does not denigrate America.
Instead Hillsdale teaches its students that the United
States is a great nation -- but a nation that is in
danger because our national leaders have so little
understanding of the principles of liberty and limited
government that are the reason for its greatness.
Forbes magazine
ranks Hillsdale College as one of the "Top 100 Colleges
in America" today -- ahead of three Ivy League schools
and many other prestigious institutions.
I have been a huge
fan of Hillsdale College for a long time.
I very much hope you
will join me in supporting Hillsdale College . . .
because I can't think of a project more important than
raising up a new generation of American leaders who
believe in liberty.
Sincerely,
Sean Hannity
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