From the introduction by Dwight D. Eisenhower:

... we venerate more widely than any other document, except only the Bible, the American Declaration of Independence.

That declaration was more than a call to national action.

It is a voice of conscience establishing clear, enduring values applicable to the lives of all men.

It stands enshrined today as charter of human liberty and dignity. Until these things belong to every living person, their pursuit is an unfinished business to occupy our children and generations to follow them.

In this spirit we stand firmly in defense of freedom.

From the dust jacket