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United States National Motto (view source)
Revision as of 22:52, March 7, 2007
, 22:52, March 7, 2007Added citation, clarified quotation
At the time the House Speaker Schuyler Colfax declared:
At the time the House Speaker Schuyler Colfax declared:
:The last act of Congress ever signed by President Lincoln was one requiring that the motto ... 'In God We Trust' should hereafter be inscribed upon all our national coin.
:Nor should I ever forget to mention here that the last act of Congress ever signed by him[President Lincoln], was one requiring that the motto, in which he sincerely believed, 'In God we trust,' should hereafter be inscribed upon all our national coin. <ref> Address of Schuyler Colfax on April 30, 1865 [http://showcase.netins.net/web/creative/lincoln/speeches/quoteabout.htm]</ref>
At least three modern presidents have reconfirmed the value of this motto. President Truman stated October 30, 1949:
At least three modern presidents have reconfirmed the value of this motto. President Truman stated October 30, 1949: