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BTW, semper fi does NOT mean Semper Fidelis, nor is it an abbreviation for Semper Fidelis!
http://gunnyg.blogspot.com/2006/05/semper-fi-vs-semper-fidelis.html
And, as author of our Declaration of Independence, which he said reflected the "American mind," Jefferson outlined four different manifestations of that "Being,"--as "Creator," "divine Providence," "the laws of Nature and of Nature's God," and as "Supreme judge of the world."
Perhaps the most powerful Jefferson statement for today's audiences can be found in the following words which, if understood by present generations, would overturn any misguided reliance on government as the grantor or source of liberty, rights, or the laws that protect them. He declared:
"The God who gave us life, gave us liberty at the same time: the hand of force may destroy, but cannot disjoin them."
Lincoln called this the "abstract concept" underlying our liberty.
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Let’s admit then, that faith is usually a humbling experience and is outward directed.
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John Adams and John Hancock:
“We Recognize No Sovereign but God, and no King but Jesus!” [April 18, 1775]
The Law given from Sinai [The Ten Commandments] was a civil and municipal as well as a moral and religious code.
John Quincy Adams. Letters to his son. p. 61
Benjamin Franklin:
“God governs in the affairs of man. And if a sparrow cannot fall to the ground without his notice, is it probable that an empire can rise without His aid? We have been assured in the Sacred Writings that except the Lord build the house, they labor in vain that build it. I firmly believe this. I also believe that, without His concurring aid, we shall succeed in this political building no better than the builders of Babel
Thomas Jefferson:
God who gave us life gave us liberty. 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? That they are not to be violated but with His wrath? Indeed I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just, and that His justice cannot sleep forever.
During his inauguration, Washington took the oath as prescribed by the Constitution but added several religious components to that official ceremony. Before taking his oath of office, he summoned a Bible on which to take the oath, added the words So help me God! to the end of the oath, then leaned over and kissed the Bible.