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"The American's Creed" hung in Butler University's Jordan Hall " The American's Creed " is the title of a resolution passed by the U.S. House of Representatives on April 3, 1918. It is a statement written in 1917 by William Tyler Page as an entry into a patriotic contest that he won.
For example, in August 1861 The Times of London alluded to "the 'exceptionalism', if one may use the word, on which the Americans rather pride themselves" in a discussion of the American Civil War. [4] However, the specific term "American exceptionalism" appears to have originated with American communists in the late 1920s.
Huntington argues that, of all the nations in Europe, and of all the colonies, America alone developed the American Creed, and that this simple observation requires explanation. This observation leads to two conclusions: that America was an English colony, and that America alone was formed as a result of the Reformation.
The American's Creed, original text handwritten by Page. Page once said: [citation needed] The American's Creed is a summing up, in one hundred words, of the basic principles of American political faith. It is not an expression of individual opinion upon the obligations and duties of American citizenship or with respect to its rights and ...
Another example is in John Milton's 1649 book called The Tenure of Kings and Magistrates, written after the First English Civil War to defend the actions and rights of the Parliamentary cause, in the wake of the execution of king Charles I. The English poet says: "No man who knows ought, can be so stupid to deny that all men naturally were ...
In the United States, libertarians may emphasize economic and constitutional rather than religious and personal policies, or personal and international rather than economic policies [151] such as the Tea Party movement (founded in 2009) which has become a major outlet for libertarian Republican ideas, [152] [153] especially rigorous adherence ...
For example, the Ku Klux Klan believes that Americanism includes aspects of race (purity of white American) and of American Protestantism. [ 6 ] In a 1916 essay devoted to Americanism, Agnes Repplier emphasized that, "Of all the countries in the world, we and we only have any need to create artificially the patriotism which is the birthright of ...
Examples of civil religious beliefs are reflected in statements used in the research such as the following: "America is God's chosen nation today." "A president's authority ... is from God." "Social justice cannot only be based on laws; it must also come from religion." "God can be known through the experiences of the American people."