CLIFF STEARNS

Cliff is an Executive Director based in APCO Worldwide’s Washington, D.C., office and serves as a member of APCO’s International Advisory Council. He is a former Member of Congress for Florida’s 6th district and has just published his first book, ​Life in the Marble Palace.​​
"A thoughtful appraisal of American democracy and an edifying peek into the corridors of political power."
- Kirkus Reviews on Life in the Marble Palace  (READ MORE)
"Life in the Marble Palace contains much hard-won wisdom, valuable historical information, political and economic analysis, and heartfelt critique, and should be read by every concerned citizen."
- Kristine Morris, Foreword Clarion Reviews  (READ MORE)
Clifford Stearns
Cliff's office overlooking the Capitol
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​Cliff Stearns
Rep. Cliff Stearns pointedly questions former Treasury Secretary Paulson on his creation of TARP funding and the conflict of interest issues regarding Goldman Sachs

A glimpse into Cliff's book,
Life in the Marble Palace (In Praise of Folly)...

​It is a sacred responsibility.

In the great ideas of philosophy and Aristotle on the Perfect Life, he was asked what would be the best form of life one could live. He explains “the best form of life, the eudaimonia outcome, given all that, would be the life of the good lawgiver.” Not the billionaire, not the priest or saint or health giver, but the legislator.

Why? Because he is immersed in the political needs and realities of his time and contributing to the “polis”-(city state of Greece) through legislative activity and through his own virtuous conduct. He then can contribute in such a way that the state-country, like a person, perfects itself, and it perfects itself by regulating itself more perfectly.
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- from Life in the Marble Palace
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