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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... 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 any. You were envied, but you were not loved. Today, not being loved understates ...
... modesty of the enterprise—and that this beacon would be shining three thousand miles away from where anyone could see it—one might justifiably accuse Winthrop of grandiosity. This same charge has been made against America throughout the.
... throughout the course of its history. Yet 372 years later, the moral foundation on which Winthrop based his confidence illustrates the nature of our aspirations as a people remarkably well. If Winthrop's sermon sets the tone for all ...
... throughout the colonies. And, by the close of the seventeenth century, with the introduction of the Quaker faith, William Penn and others had brought a Christianity infused with the spirit of democracy to Pennsylvania. But it was the ...
... throughout many of the other colonies long after Williams had established a haven for liberty in Rhode Island. This remains the central paradox of our early history. Having fled to America in search of religious liberty, our forebears ...
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 | |