The Overton Window (2010) (edit title/settings)

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• Noah Gardner: A twentysomething public relations executive. Thrown into a world of conspiracy where he fights for the woman he loves and the freedoms he has taken for granted.
• Arthur Gardner: Noah's father. A high-powered CEO of the most prestigious public relations company in the country.
• Molly Ross: A secretive young woman that is bent on doing whatever it takes to protect the country she loves.
• Danny Bailey: A political activist who made himself famous with his conspiracy theory video on Youtube.
• Stuart Kearns: An aging FBI Agent deep undercover on a mission that he suspects none of his colleagues even remember he is a part of.
• Hollis: Add a description of this character.
• Charlie
• Kyle
• Elmer
• Randy
• Mr. Purcell

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• “Dr. King understood what all of us gathered here must: that those who fight to correct injustice must be willing to accept suffering, if necessary, but never to inflict it.”

  Female Speaker at rally

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• If you love wealth greater than liberty, the tranquility of servitude greater than the animating contest for freedom, go home from us in peace. We seek not your counsel, nor your arms. Crouch down and lick the hand that feeds you; May your chains set lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen.

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• the last official act of any government is to loot their own treasury.”

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• Thomas Sowell presented our struggle clearly: ‘The most basic question is not what is best, but who shall decide what is best.’

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• Thomas Jefferson told us that resistance to tyrants is obedience to God.

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• “It’s called the Overton Window. My father stole the concept from a think tank in the Midwest; it’s a way of describing what the public is currently ready to accept on any issue, so you can decide how best to move them toward what you want.”

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• Ben Franklin explained my whole bracelet when the president of Yale asked him to sum up the American religion. He answered: that there is a God, that there is life after this one and He will hold us accountable for our actions in this life, and that the best way to serve Him is to serve our fellow man. That’s faith, hope, and charity.”

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• Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered; yet we have this consolation with us, that the harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. “ ‘What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly: it is dearness only that gives every thing its value. Heaven knows how to put a proper price upon its goods; and it would be strange indeed if so celestial an article as freedom should not be highly rated.’”

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• who loves America more, those who want to restore it, or those who want to transform it?”

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• The danger comes when good intentions are hijacked and perverted by the culture of corruption—when those elected to represent us begin to act not for your own good, but for their own gain.

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• The Promise of American Life, by Herbert Croly, first printed in 1909,

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Setting & Locations edit see section history

• United States
• America
• Nevada
• New York
• Wall Street
• Washington

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Themes & Symbolism edit see section history

• Political Intrigue: Describe this theme.

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

1. Glenn Beck (Author)

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• Dewey: 813.6

Subjects edit see section history

• Books › Literature & Fiction › Genre Fiction › Political
• Books › Mystery & Thrillers › Thrillers
• Books › Literature & Fiction › Contemporary