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At the time the House Speaker Schuyler Colfax declared:  

At the time the House Speaker [[Schuyler Colfax]] declared:  

: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>

: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.  [[POTUS|President]] [[Truman]] stated October 30, 1949:  

At least three modern presidents have reconfirmed the value of this motto.  [[POTUS|President]] [[Truman]] stated October 30, 1949: