FRONT PANEL The inclusion of God in our pledge therefore would further acknowledge the dependence of our people and our government upon the moral directions of the Creator. Legislative History One nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Pledge of Allegiance, 1954 Human law must rest its authority ultimately upon the authority of that law which is divine. James Wilson 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 the gift of God? That they are not to be violated but with His wrath? Thomas Jefferson |