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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... - NEW FRONTIERS, OLD TRUTHS 11 - THE AMERICAN DREAM 12 - “AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL” CONCLUSION OTHER BOOKS BY FORREST CHURCH ACKNOWLEDGMENTS NOTES AND SOURCES Copyright Page Equal and exact justice to all ... of whatever state.
... dreams into a single, ringing declaration, they were fashioning precepts as sacred as they were secular. As a group, they were not notably religious men. But they were united, almost miraculously, in forging a union that transcended ...
... dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed.” As understood by Lincoln, King, and many others, America is a union of faith and freedom, in which faith elevates freedom and freedom tempers faith ...
... dream that one day its promise might be fulfilled. And on Thanksgiving—the quintessential American holiday—we look back to Plymouth Plantation. Thankful for family, the bounty of the earth, and our cherished freedoms, we join in prayer ...
... dream of started in full size and panoply from the midst of ancient feudal society.” The Plymouth Colony was far from being a perfect democracy, and the Massachusetts Bay Colony made no pretense to being one. Though the Pilgrims ...
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 | |