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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... mean for us today? George Santayana famously warned, “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” This statement suggests that the past is a record of error, which it is our business to correct. I believe that to be ...
... means the rule of priests—is misleading. Governance rested in the hands of elected congregants, not those of their ministerial leaders. The Mayflower Compact was drawn up wholly without benefit of clergy, the Pilgrims' pastor, John ...
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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 | |