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| | :We cannot read the history of our rise and development as a nation, without reckoning with the place the Bible has occupied in shaping the advances of the Republic ... | | :We cannot read the history of our rise and development as a nation, without reckoning with the place the Bible has occupied in shaping the advances of the Republic ... |
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| − | :Where we have been the truest and most consistent in obeying its precepts, we have attained the greatest measure of contentment and prosperity. | + | :Where we have been the truest and most consistent in obeying its precepts, we have attained the greatest measure of contentment and prosperity.<ref>Quoted in DeMar, ''The Untold Story'', p. 60 and Gabrial Sivan, ''The Bible and Civilization'' (New York: Quadrangle/The New York Times Book Co., 1973), p. 178.</ref> |
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| | FDR became famous for delivering "fireside chats" over the new medium of radio, and on March 9, 1937 he declared: | | FDR became famous for delivering "fireside chats" over the new medium of radio, and on March 9, 1937 he declared: |
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| | As World War II broke out in Europe, FDR warned: | | As World War II broke out in Europe, FDR warned: |
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| − | :Those forces hate democracy and Christianity as two phases of the same | + | :Those forces hate democracy and Christianity as two phases of the same civilization. |
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| | The following year, on May 27, 1941, FDR stated in one of his radio addresses: | | The following year, on May 27, 1941, FDR stated in one of his radio addresses: |