What They're Saying:

"If questioning certainties is an art, John Kasich has mastered it in his Stand for Something with eloquence, passion and sincerity."
            - Elie Wiesel, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Night
"To get something done, persuade John Kasich it's a good idea.  Debt relief for the poorest people on the planet was a crazy notion until he helped explain it. Two years later it was accepted as common sense.  Five years later, twice as many children in Uganda were going to school.  When he takes on something he believes in, people believe in him. Believe in him."
            -Bono
"John Kasich's Stand For Something has tremendous insight into leadership principles and provides a roadmap to greater individual and community success."
            -Mike Krzyzewski, Head Coach, Duke University Men's basketball
"You can't go back to simpler old days, and maybe the future isn't what it used to be. But this book is like a treasure of hope."
            -Yogi Berra
"In this well thought out book, John Kasich points out how, as a nation that gets its education from Hollywood and the elite media, we have become a culture of materialistic people who stand for nothing and fall for everything."
            -Naomi Judd
"As a congressman, John Kasich was never afraid to take a stand. In Stand for Something, he preaches about what he practiced. The book, like the man, is passionate, principled, and sure to provoke."
            -George Stephanopoulos

Stand for Something:  The Battle for America's Soul

"I don't know about you, but I'm troubled by a lot of what I see and hear in America's heartland..."
 John Kasich calls it like he sees it.  A former nine-term congressman, a respected author and popular television host, Kasich has been around the neighborhood a few times.  In his first book, the New York Times best-seller COURAGE IS CONTAGIOUS, he celebrated the under-the-radar accomplishments of ordinary people doing extraordinary things to change America.  Now, in STAND FOR SOMETHING, he tackles -- head on -- the erosion of the long-standing, hard-earned values upon which our nation is built.

 "Honesty, integrity, personal responsibility, faith, humility, accountability, compassion, forgiveness...  These are our American values, our common denominators..."
 Drawing on his childhood in blue collar McKees Rocks, PA, his college years, his Washington career, and his most recent turn in the public eye of the private sector, Kasich reminds us of the fundamental principles that are our American legacy.  In blunt, straight-shooting tones, he reveals new ways to hold our government officials accountable for their actions, and how to pressure sports figures to start living up to their role model status.  He encourages us to have the gumption to be morally responsible business leaders who look beyond the bottom line, and shows us how courageous people of faith have helped transform their communities. Saving the "best" for last, he takes on our popular culture, including the media, and asks us to use our wallets, the free press and more to reject all that is offensive in the current American way of life.

 John Kasich's book is a rallying cry for all Americans that will make us think -- and, most important, make us get off our easy chairs and STAND FOR SOMETHING.