Truth, Justice, and the American Way

Queen, for that matter all American universities required their students to study Tanach in Hebrew. Hamilton wanted it to be the official language and Madison was fluent in it. However, today almost nobody fights for it, not even Superman.

Those words are in The Star-Spangled Banner too.

Has anyone actually read Thomas Paine’s Common Sense? It was a huge selling paphlet published in the 1770’s and was instrumental in the the American’s decision to reject King George and rebel.

Paine based his argument on Shmuel Hanavi’s arguments against Bnei Yisroel’s request for a king. Paine himself was an atheist but his target audience, the American public, was deeply religious and well acquainted with Tanach, and using Tanach was the best way to reach them

WM, they opposed favoring or disfavoring a particular denomination and supported freedom of worship. However, except for Hamilton who was a blasphemer, they believed that law must be based on religion. John Adams said that the US Constitution is only appropriate for a “religious and moral people” and Washington said:

“Of all the dispositions and habits, which lead to political prosperity, Religion and Morality are indispensable supports. In vain would that man claim the tribute of Patriotism, who should labor to subvert these great pillars of human happiness, these firmest props of the duties of Men and Citizens. The mere Politician, equally with the pious man, ought to respect and to cherish them. A volume could not trace all their connections with private and public felicity. Let it simply be asked, Where is the security for property, for reputation, for life, if the sense of religious obligation desert the oaths, which are the instruments of investigation in Courts of Justice? And let us with caution indulge the supposition, that morality can be maintained without religion. Whatever may be conceded to the influence of refined education on minds of peculiar structure, reason and experience both forbid us to expect, that national morality can prevail in exclusion of religious principle.It is substantially true, that virtue or morality is a necessary spring of popular government. The rule, indeed, extends with more or less force to every species of free government. Who, that is a sincere friend to it, can look with indifference upon attempts to shake the foundation of the fabric?”