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Abraham Lincoln, Lyceum Address
“. . . Let reverence for the laws be breathed by every American mother to the lisping babe that
prattles in her lap; let it be taught in schools, in seminaries, and in colleges; let it be written in
primers, in spelling books and almanacs; let it be preached from the pulpit, proclaimed in
legislative halls, enforced in courts of justice. In short, let it become the political religion of the
nation. . . .”
Please Teach Our Nation’s Younger Generation About Patriotism
Dear Citizen of our American Union in Liberty,
American patriotism includes having respect for The Declaration Of Independence. Within that
Declaration are found some of the most profound expressions describing the relationship between
man and government. Our nation’s very foundation is established on this religious belief: “We hold
these Truths to be self-evident, that all Men are created equal, that they are endowed by their
Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit
of Happiness-.”
Our rights are upheld in our American society by those who respect God’s truths and laws as they
are expressed in the Declaration Of Independence and in the Ten Commandments. We need to
realize that our rights can be lost if respect for those truths fail to receive needed attention. When
respect for those truths receive little importance in thought, the people’s concern for their liberty
also becomes dimmed. As the people then spend their attention on other concerns, unlawful
power and privilege over the people’s rights are more easily able to gain advantage.
An e-mail message, in circulation over the internet, is repeated here as follows:
"As you walk up the steps to the building which houses the U.S. Supreme Court you can see near
the top of the building a row of the world’s law givers and each one is facing one in the middle who
is facing forward with a full frontal view ... it is Moses and he is holding the Ten
Commandments!"
"DID YOU KNOW?"
"As you enter the Supreme Court courtroom, the two huge oak doors have the Ten Commandments engraved on each lower portion of each door."
"DID YOU KNOW?"
"As you sit inside the courtroom, you can see the wall, right above where the Supreme Court
judges sit, a display of the Ten Commandments!"
"DID YOU KNOW?"
"There are Bible verses etched in stone all over the Federal Buildings and Monuments in
Washington, D.C."
"DID YOU KNOW?"
"James Madison, the fourth president, known as “The Father of Our Constitution” made the
following statement:
"“We have staked the whole of all our political institutions upon the capacity of mankind for
self-government, upon the capacity of each and all of us to govern ourselves, to control ourselves,
to sustain ourselves according to the Ten Commandments of God.”"
"DID YOU KNOW?"
"Patrick Henry, that patriot and Founding Father of our country said:
"“It cannot be emphasized too strongly or too often that this great nation was founded not by
religionists but by Christians, not on religions but on the Gospel of Jesus Christ”."
"DID YOU KNOW?"
"Every session of Congress begins with a prayer by a paid preacher, whose salary has been paid
by the taxpayer since 1777."
"DID YOU KNOW?"
"Fifty-two of the 55 founders of the Constitution were members of the established orthodox
churches in the colonies."
"DID YOU KNOW?"
"Thomas Jefferson worried that the Courts would overstep their authority and instead of
interpreting the law would begin making law ..an oligarchy ... the rule of few over many."
"DID YOU KNOW?"
"The very first Supreme Court Justice, John Jay, said:
"“Americans should select and prefer Christians as their rulers.”"
"How, then, have we gotten to the point that everything we have done for 220 years in this country
is now suddenly wrong and unconstitutional?"
"Please forward this to everyone you can. Lets put it around the world and let the world see and
remember what this great country was built on."
"Thank you!!"
"Chamber, US House of Representatives"
American patriotism includes respect for law. This is at the very foundations of what should be, in
the words of Abraham Lincoln, “the political religion of the nation.” He called it “reverence for the
laws”.
Our Constitutional laws of liberty “under God” are what bind our people together into our Union. Our
freedom to be a people who have rights, and who are free to be independent and individually
different, is the reason for our Union.
The strength of our Union is in the overwhelming majority of the people who have respect for both
God’s truth and our laws. While most Americans will acknowledge that American patriotism is
inseparable from having respect for God’s truth, they will, at the same time, fight with trust
in God for the right to not have such respect.
Our Constitution is the people’s stand against tyranny. Our Constitution gives us our laws to live by
that protect our rights to be free from oppression and foreign control.
Thomas Jefferson warned us against letting our confidence in man outweigh our concerns for our
rights. He said, “In questions of power, then, let not more be heard of confidence in man, but bind
him down from mischief by the chains of the Constitution”.
Beginning with the revolutionary war for our freedom and independence, we became known as the
land of the free and the home of the brave. With trust in God, we mutually pledged to each other our
lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor in support of our Declaration Of Independence.
With the help of God, we won that first battle for independence. In the spirit of victory, we now
choose liberty under the laws of our United States Constitution.
With the help of God, we won that first battle. Because of evil in the world, it is only with God’s help
and patriotic vigilance that liberty continues to be kept alive today.
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In Defense Of Liberty Confirmed in Law,
Independent Americans For American Independence
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