Our Founding Fathers recognized a higher power in the
formation of this nation when they said in the Declaration of
Independence that all men are created equal and that they are
“endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights.”
It was no accident that in some of our earlier years as a free
and independent nation that our leaders added “In God We
Trust” to all of our currency.
And to send a message to the rest of the world when
Communism was on the rise in the 1950s, Congress added
the words “under God” to our pledge of allegiance. They
were not just words. It was a collective reaffirmation that
we know the ultimate source of our greatness as a nation.
America’s moral foundation does not need to be rewritten.
It needs to be respected and taught to our children and
grandchildren. It is the basis for our concept of freedom. As
former President Ronald Reagan reminded us many years ago:
“Freedom is never more than one generation away from
extinction. We didn’t pass it on to our children in the blood
stream. It must be fought for and protected and handed
on for them to do the same. Or one day we will spend our
sunset years telling our children and grandchildren what it
used to be like in the United States when men were free.”
We are free because “In God Is Our Trust.”