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As we celebrate our Independence Day thanks to those gifted minds, who laid the cornerstone of our nation on God Almighty, who, blessed by His endowed foresight, have superimposed courage for the conflict and wisdom for the course of freedom.
“From the day of the Declaration • they (the American people) were bound by the laws of God which they all and by the laws of the G06pel which they nearly all acknowledged as the rules of their conduct” ■ John Quincy Adams, 1621 ■ “Here is the nation God has builded by our hands” • Woodrow Wilson, 1913Soon after the Constitutional Convention -- “For my own part, I sincerely esteem it a system which without the Anger of God, never could have been suggested and agreed upon by such a diversity of interests” - Alexander Hamilton, 1787 - “Whereas it is the duty of all nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God to obey his will, to be grateful for His benefits and humbly implore His protection, aid and favors.” - George Washington, 1789 -
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