The American Creed: A Spiritual and Patriotic PrimerWhat makes us all Americans--whatever our differences--is adherence to a creed, a creed based upon cornerstone truths the founders believed "self-evident." From the earliest days, the survival of the new republic hinged not merely upon the expression of these grand principles of liberty and equality but upon their spiritual underpinnings. Freedom and faith were intertwined. America, as a foreign observer once put it, is a nation with the soul of a church. |
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... Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Eleanor Roosevelt, Martin Luther King, Jr. Others may be less familiar. Together, they illustrate the spiritual history of a nation. Non-Americans may appreciate the nation's unique foundation more clearly ...
... attain its moral promise. A century later—forty years ago—within sight of the memorials dedicated to Jefferson and Lincoln, in Washington, D.C., Martin Luther King, Jr., inspired a new generation of American citizens when he said, “I.
... Washington, the father of our country, is the Great Seal of the United States. Annuit coeptis, the Great Seal reads: “[God] has favored our undertaking,” and Novus ordo seclorum: “A new order of the ages [has commenced].” These mottoes ...
... Washington and Abraham Lincoln, ensuring that their stories and values will be remembered. On the Fourth of July we celebrate the Declaration of Independence. On the Martin Luther King, Jr., holiday we lift up a martyr's dream that one ...
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Contents
WE HOLD THESE TRUTHS | |
A NEW BIRTH OF FREEDOM | |
E Pluribus Unum | |
AMERICAS MISSION | |
AMERICAN FUNDAMENTAL | |
THE FOUR FREEDOMS | |
NEW FRONTIERS OLD TRUTHS | |
AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL | |
CONCLUSION | |
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS | |