7 Miracles That Saved America (2009) (edit title/settings)

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• “. . . maybe we need not worry so much about our country and our people and whether our society has become too wicked, for surely there are a few wicked among us. Instead, maybe we need to concentrate on our own lives, our own goodness, our own families.”

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• “The ‘universal morality’ is based on these virtues—truthfulness, honesty, duty, responsibility, unselfishness, loyalty, honor, compassion and courage.”

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• “In the beginning of the contest with G. Britain, when we were sensible of danger, we had daily prayer in this room for Divine protection—Our prayers, Sir, were heard, & they were graciously answered . . . I have lived, sir, a long time; and the longer I live, the more convincing proofs I see of this truth, that God governs the affairs of men!”9

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• Men create governments by consciously surrendering a portion of their God-given rights to government with the charge that such government is to protect the bulk of their rights. As Madison said, “Individuals entering into society must give up a share of liberty to preserve the rest.”19

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• The rise of the South had as much to do with the stifling of democracy as it had to do with the owning of slaves.

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• In a letter to his wife from Paris, John Adams observed: “I must study politics and war, that my sons may have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy, geography, natural history and naval architecture, navigation, commerce and agriculture, in order to give their children a right to study painting, poetry, music, architecture, statuary, tapestry and porcelain.”3

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• “And can the liberties of a nation be thought secure when we have removed their only firm basis, a conviction in the minds of the people that these liberties are a gift from God.”18

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• “There is a serene Providence which rules the fate of nations. . . . It makes its own instruments, creates the man for the time, trains him in poverty, inspires his genius, and arms him for the task.”10

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• The English discovered what the Spanish never did: that the combination of political freedom and religious diversity resulted in the unleashing of economic vitality.

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• Madison coined the phrase “We the People.” These words are far more than a clever phrase. They restate the principle, first asserted in the Declaration of Independence, that God gives man rights and that the only legitimate purpose of government is to protect those rights.

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• Men may doubt this, but there can be no doubt that the faith of Columbus was genuine and sincere, and that his frequent communion with forces unseen was a vital element in his achievement. It gave him confidence in his destiny, assurance that his performance would be equal to the promise of his name. This conviction that God destined him to be an instrument for spreading the faith was far more potent than the desire to win glory, wealth and worldly honors, to which he was certainly far from indifferent.11

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1. Chris Stewart (Author)
2. Ted Stewart (Author)

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• Library of Congress: E179.S845 2009
• Dewey: 973

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• Books › History › Americas › United States