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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... ideals and their incomplete fulfillment. Yet, unlike much self-criticism—which can easily lapse into self-loathing —the critique of this thoughtful observer was charged with appreciation and hope. He read American history as “the ...
... symbols and mottoes on our currency are the words “In God we trust.” Our currency is woven from a linen and cotton blend, fabric that can be torn only with difficulty. When we sever our trust in the high ideals on which the nation.
... ideals to mind—and directed especially to those who hold the future in their hands—The American Creed journeys ... ideals. That is partly because these ideals were so lofty. The greater our aspirations, the more certain it is that we ...
... ideals on which they built these institutions would facilitate the development of liberal democracy and First Amendment rights. To call earlyseventeenth-century New England a theocracy—if by this one means the rule of priests—is ...
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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 | |