BELIEVE IT OR NOT: AN AMERICAN'S CREED
By Robert Klein Engler (02/10/07)
CHICAGO--(9 February '07) It looks like the enemies of the United States are gleefully cheering for the new, Democratic Congress. It is disappointing to watch how some wish to orchestrate our national defeat in Iraq.
It wasn't always this way. In 1918, Congress adopted the American's Creed. The creed is as follows:
"I believe in the United States of America as a government of the people, by the people, for the people; whose just powers are derived from the consent of the governed; a democracy in a republic; a sovereign Nation of many sovereign States; a perfect union, one and inseparable; established upon the principles of freedom, equality, justice, and humanity for which American patriots sacrificed their lives and fortunes.
I therefore believe it is my duty to my country to love it, to support its Constitution, to obey its laws, to respect its flag, and to defend it against all enemies."
The American's Creed was written in 1917 by William Tyler Page, an employee in the House. The Creed was accepted by the United States House of Representatives on April 3, 1918.
It would be good to hear every person elected to congress, from Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi on down, publicly recite this creed. Then, we can go on together and fix what is wrong in Iraq. Peace will follow after victory.
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