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{{cquote|The Americans combine the notions of Christianity and of liberty so intimately in their minds, that it is impossible to make them conceive the one without the other; and with them this conviction does not spring from that barren traditionary faith which seems to vegetate in the soul rather than to live.<ref>Democracy in America, Volume I  Chapter XVII (1835)</ref>}}  

{{cquote|The Americans combine the notions of Christianity and of liberty so intimately in their minds, that it is impossible to make them conceive the one without the other; and with them this conviction does not spring from that barren traditionary faith which seems to vegetate in the soul rather than to live.<ref>Democracy in America, Volume I  Chapter XVII (1835)</ref>}}  

The [[Puritans]] in [[New England]], and later, other Christian groups were instrumental in forming a country with a distinctive Christian character. Noted evangelical author and commentary [[Os Guinness]] comments that,  

The [[Puritans]] in [[New England]], and later, other Christian groups were instrumental in forming a country with a distinctive Christian character. Noted evangelical author and commentator  [[Os Guinness]] states,  

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while America has never officially been a "Christian Republic," for much of its history the Christian faith has been a leading contribution to its unofficial civil religion.<ref>Os Guinness, ''American Hour'', p. 225</ref>

while America has never officially been a "Christian Republic," for much of its history the Christian faith has been a leading contribution to its unofficial civil religion.<ref>Os Guinness, ''American Hour'', p. 225</ref>

A minority of other voices also offered objective intellect analysis.  In ''The new left and the cultural revolution of the 1960's: a reevaluation'' Lewis H. Gann, Peter Duignan, (Hoover Institution on War, Revolution, and Peace) observed (in part),

A minority of other voices also offered objective intellect analysis.  In ''The new left and the cultural revolution of the 1960's: a reevaluation'' Lewis H. Gann, Peter Duignan, (Hoover Institution on War, Revolution, and Peace) observed (in part),

{{cquote|The youth culture of the period made a profound impression on the United States, Western Europe, and Japan. The youth culture also had strong echoes in what was then the communist world. Youthful revolutionaries, mostly middle class and college educated (a minority within the youthful age cohorts as a whole), meant to build a new utopia. The youth culture gained strength at a time when massive cohorts of baby boomers seemed to overwhelm the campuses. The cultural revolution failed in the short term. No Western government was ever in the slightest danger of being overthrown. Most student revolutionaries were reabsorbed by the "system" that they had professed to hate...Yet overall, the cultural revolution did far more harm than good by glamourizing drugs, by denigrating traditional values, by defaming "formal democracy" both in the United States and elsewhere...But a number of important movements were spawned by the New Left: ethnic studies, multiculturalism, relativism and political correctness, radical feminism, and gay and liberated youth. Of these, "political correctness" was most destructive of American institutions and values. The New Left's disastrous legacy was a crusading determination to reduce the humanities to a "politically correct" agenda, to smash the shackles of traditional sexual morality, to liberate youth from their elders, and to entrench entitlements and affirmative action into the American way of life.<ref>http://www.hooverpress.org/productdetails.cfm?PC=1227</ref>}}

{{cquote|The youth culture of the period made a profound impression on the United States, Western Europe, and Japan. The youth culture also had strong echoes in what was then the communist world. Youthful revolutionaries, mostly middle class and college educated (a minority within the youthful age cohorts as a whole), meant to build a new utopia. The youth culture gained strength at a time when massive cohorts of baby boomers seemed to overwhelm the campuses. The cultural revolution failed in the short term. No Western government was ever in the slightest danger of being overthrown. Most student revolutionaries were reabsorbed by the "system" that they had professed to hate...Yet overall, the cultural revolution did far more harm than good by glamourizing drugs, by denigrating traditional values, by defaming "formal democracy" both in the United States and elsewhere...But a number of important movements were spawned by the New Left: ethnic studies, multiculturalism, relativism and political correctness, radical feminism, and gay and liberated youth. Of these, "political correctness" was most destructive of American institutions and values. The New Left's disastrous legacy was a crusading determination to reduce the humanities to a "politically correct" agenda, to smash the shackles of traditional sexual morality, to liberate youth from their elders, and to entrench entitlements and affirmative action into the American way of life.<ref>http://www.hooverpress.org/productdetails.cfm?PC=1227</ref>}}

== See also ==

== See also ==