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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... SOUL FREEDOM 3 - THE LIBERTY BELL 4 - “WE HOLD THESE TRUTHS” 5 - “A NEW BIRTH OF FREEDOM” 6 - E Pluribus Unum 7 - AMERICA'S MISSION 8 - AMERICAN FUNDAMENTAL 9 - THE FOUR FREEDOMS 10 - NEW FRONTIERS, OLD TRUTHS 11 - THE AMERICAN DREAM 12 ...
... soul of a church.” Though the American Creed as fashioned by Thomas Jefferson and perfected by the Continental Congress rests upon a clear separation between church and state, the body politic does have a soul. Chesterton assumed that ...
... soul.” Pointing to the ongoing battle for civil rights, he recognised the tension between American ideals and their incomplete fulfillment. Yet, unlike much self-criticism—which can easily lapse into self-loathing —the critique of this ...
... and a very original concept of individual dignity and political freedom. But this was not obvious outside the States. Your wealth and prodigality dazzled the world, but it did not seem as though you had any soul. That.
... soul. That is what I so strongly hold against your great writers: they are read throughout the world, but they were not able, or willing, to tell the world what kind of heart and spirit you have. People concluded that you didn't have ...
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 | |