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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... nation. Non-Americans may appreciate the nation's unique foundation more clearly than Americans themselves do. It was an English author, G. K. Chesterton, who first said, “America is the only nation in the world that is founded on a ...
... nation's course as well as to celebrate it. “America,” Myrdal concludes, “is continuously struggling for its soul.” Pointing to the ongoing battle for civil rights, he recognised the tension between American ideals and their incomplete ...
... nation's creed. Linking these 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 ...
... nation's Christian roots. The others are secular, each evoking shared pieties and therefore spiritual in a more distinctively American way. To know a nation's spirit, look first to its holidays. In America we celebrate Labor Day, not ...
... nation's higher interests, the celebration of our history must be instructed by fact as well as legend. Though they represent the most traveled bridge to our history, holidays can homogenize the past, making it less relevant to the ...
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 | |