Political Quotes

“today marks the 55th National Day of Prayer, as established in 1952 by President Truman. All across America, in homes and churches and small towns and crowded cities, millions of people of many faiths will gather together to pray for the peace, prosperity, and protection of our Nation. They will pray for their leaders--and goodness knows we need those prayers--and they will thank the Creator for blessing us with a nation that recognizes the God-given dignity and worth of each and every person and our basic fundamental right to be free. America is a nation forged in prayer. The very first official act of the Continental Congress was a call for prayer. Two years later, the fledgling body called for a national day of fasting and prayer. From the very first settlers who arrived at Jamestown to each morning here--as we just did--in the Senate when the Chaplain opens each and every day with a prayer, faith has always been at the heart of the American project. That is because at the heart of the American idea of liberty is belief--belief that our freedom springs not from the state or the benevolence of men but from the one true Creator whose love is boundless. It is so fundamental, so essential to our founding principles that, in the words of the Founding Fathers, it is ``self-evident.'' Our first President, George Washington, was a profoundly religious man. He began and ended each day with a prayer.…”