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God, faith, and the republic — words from speeches, not meme posters. Each line links to the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library text.
Bias: toward God. Method: quote the Library, not the internet folklore mill.
Official Portrait of President Reagan 1981 · Wikimedia Commons / public domain U.S. government
“If we ever forget that we are One Nation Under God, then we will be a Nation gone under.”
“Without God, there is no virtue, because there's no prompting of the conscience. … Without God, democracy will not and cannot long endure.”
“I've always believed that we were, each of us, put here for a reason, that there is a plan, somehow a divine plan for all of us. I know now that whatever days are left to me belong to Him.”
“I also believe this blessed land was set apart in a very special way, a country created by men and women who came here not in search of gold, but in search of God.”
“... if My people who are called by My name humble themselves and pray and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven, and forgive their sin and heal their land.” (II Chronicles — Reagan’s cherished citation)
“His truth is the ultimate power source, and it's always there. It's available to ministers of the Gospel, Presidents, and the local grocery clerk.”
On Benjamin Franklin at the Convention: “God governs in the affairs of men. And if a sparrow cannot fall to the ground without His notice, is it probable that an empire can rise without His aid?”
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