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2
Michael Kinsely, “U.S. is not greatest country ever,”
Politico
, November 2, 2010,
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1110/44500.html
(accessed April 15, 2011).
3
Neal Gabler, “One nation, under illusion,”
Boston Globe
, October 13, 2009,
http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2009/10/13/one_nation_under_illusion/
(accessed April 15, 2011).
4
See video of Obama's remark here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEvH_f9VADA
(accessed April 15, 2011).
5
Glenn Greenwald, “Obama and American Exceptionalism,”
Salon.com
, March 29, 2011,
http://www.salon.com/news/opinion/glenn_greenwald/2011/03/29/exceptionalism/index.html
(accessed April 15, 2011).
6
“G.E.'s Strategies Let It Avoid Taxes Altogether,”
New York Times
, March 24, 2011,
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/25/business/economy/25tax.html
(accessed April 15, 2011).
7
Joseph R. Fornieri, ed.
The Language of Liberty: The Political Speeches and Writings of Abraham Lincoln
(Washington, D.C.: Regnery, 2009), 576.
CHAPTER ONE
1
Michael Kammen,
The People of Paradox
(New York: Cornell University Press, 1972), 13.
2
Bernard Bailyn,
The Ideological Origins of the American Revolution
(Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1992), 66.
3
Gordon S. Wood,
The Radicalism of the American Revolution
(Vintage Press, 1993), 13.
4
John Adams, “Letter to Thomas Jefferson, 28 June 1813,” in
The Works of John Adams: Second President of the United States
, ed. Charles Francis Adams (Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1856), 45–46.
5
Quoted in Gordon S. Wood,
The Radicalism of the American Revolution
.
6
Bernard Bailyn,
The Ideological Origins of the American Revolution
.
7
Paul Johnson,
A History of the American People
(New York: Harper Collins, 1997), 116.
8
John Smith, as cited by Elisa Carbone,
Blood on the River: James Town 1607
(Viking Press, 2006).
9
William Bradford,
Of Plymouth Plantation
.
10
Paul Johnson,
A History of the American People
, 32.
11
Michael Novak,
On Two Wings: Humble Faith and Common Sense at the American Founding
(Encounter Books, 2001), 6–7.
12
Gordon S. Wood,
The Radicalism of the American Revolution
, 112.
13
John Adams, letter to Hezekiah Niles, 1818, Bernard Bailyn,
The Ideological Origins of the American Revolution
, 1; cited by Dinesh D'Souza,
What's So Great About Christianity
(Washington, D.C.: Regnery Publishing, 2007), 72.
14
Melanie Randolph Miller,
Envoy to the Terror: Gouverneur Morris and the French Revolution
(Dulles, VA: Potomac Books, 2005), 187.
15
Paul Johnson,
A History of the American People
, 116.
CHAPTER TWO
1
Taken from “America's Bill of Rights at 200 Years,” by former Chief Justice Warren E. Burger, printed in
Presidential Studies Quarterly
, Vol. XXI, No. 3, Summer 1991, p. 457. This anecdote appears in numerous other works as well.
2
Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, James Madison,
The Federalist on the New Constitution
(Philadelphia: Benjamin Warner, 1818), 53, #10, James Madison.
3
John Adams,
The Works of John Adams, Second President of the United States
, ed. Charles Francis Adams (Boston: Charles C. Little and James Brown, 1850), Vol. VI, p. 484, to John Taylor on April 15, 1814.
4
Bernard Bailyn,
The Ideological Origins of the American Revolution
, 60.
5
Quoted in
The Future of Religion in American Politics
, ed. Charles W. Dunn (Lexington: The University Press of Kentucky, 2009), 105, in an 1811 letter to Benjamin Rush.
6
Quoted in Gordon S. Wood,
The Creation of the American Public, 1776–1787
(Chapel Hill, N.C.: University of North Carolina Press, 1998), 95.
7
Gordon S. Wood,
The Radicalism of the American Revolution
, 44.
8
Paul Johnson,
A History of the American People
, 22.
9
George Whitefield, “The Great Duty of Family Religion”; available at:
http://www.biblebb.com/files/gw-006.htm
(accessed April 20, 2011).
10
Benjamin Franklin,
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
(Dover Thrift Edition, 1996).
11
Michael Novak,
The Spirit of Democratic Capitalism
(Madison Books, 1990), 41.
12
Benjamin Franklin, “Information to Those Who Would Remove to America,” written in 1794 and reprinted at
Founding.com
; available at:
http://www.founding.com/founders_library/pageID.2148/default.asp
(accessed April 20, 2011).
13
Benjamin Franklin,
On the Price of Corn and Management of the Poor
, written in 1776 and reprinted at
Founding.com
; available at:
http://www.founding.com/founders_library/pageID.2146/default.asp
(accessed April 20, 2011).
14
Howard S. Miller, “Legal Foundation of American Philanthropy, 1776–1844,” The State Historical Society of Wisconsin, Madison 1961; available at:
http://www.hks.harvard.edu/hauser/philanthropyclassics/pdf_files/Miller.pdf
(accessed April 20, 2011).
15
Alexis de Tocqueville,
Democracy in America
(Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2000), Chapter 12.
16
Gordon S. Wood,
The Creation of the American Public,
293.
17
Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, James Madison,
The Federalist on the New Constitution
(Philadelphia: Benjamin Warner, 1818), 53, #57.
18
Paul Johnson,
A History of the American People
, 151.
CHAPTER THREE
1
“Speech By President Sarkozy Before Congress,” November 7, 2007,
New York Sun
; available at:
http://www.nysun.com/national/speech-by-presidentsarkozy-before-congress/66054/5
(accessed April 19, 2011).
2
Real American Stories, One Nation United, “Alp Gurpinar”; video available at:
http://www.realamericanstories.com/alp-gurpinar/?curpage=12
(accessed April 19, 2011).
3
“Full Transcript of Julia Gillard's Speech to U.S. Congress,” March 10, 2011,
Herald Sun
; available at:
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/world/fulltranscript-of-julia-gillards-speech-to-us-congress/story-e6frf7lf-1226018899482
(accessed April 19, 2011).
4
“Citizenship: The Pursuit of Happiness,” ReasonTV; available at:
http://reason.tv/video/show/the-pursuit-of-happiness
(accessed April 19, 2011).
5
Ibid.
6
Tony Blair, “Tony Blair on Clinton, Bush, and the American Character,”
Time,
September 2, 2010; available at:
http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,2015409-3,00.html
(accessed April 19, 2011).
7
Real American Stories, One Nation United, “Alp Gurpinar”; video available at:
http://www.realamericanstories.com/alp-gurpinar/?curpage=13
(accessed April 19, 2011).
8
Apostolic Journey To the United States of America and Visit to the United Nations Organization Headquarters, Welcoming Ceremony, Address of His Holiness Benedict XVI, April 16, 2008; available at:
http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/benedict_xvi/speeches/2008/april/documents/hf_ben-xvi_spe_20080416_welcome-washington_en.html
(accessed April 19, 2011).
9
ABCNews “ABC's Jeffrey Kofman on Becoming an American Citizen,” February 25, 2010, The World Newser [blog]; available at:
http://blogs.abcnews.com/theworldnewser/2010/02/abcs-jeffrey-kofman-on-becomingan-american-citizen.html
. (accessed April 19, 2011).
10
Posted by FFree Thinker2, “Christopher Hitchens: America—The Greatest Country in the World?” May 2, 2009; video available at:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-cQZNcaujs&feature=related
(accessed April 19, 2011).
11
Posted by chosun79, “Anthony Kim—The American Dream,” October 1, 2008; video available at:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CNhuowMs9-0
(accessed April 19, 2011).
12
Posted by NETNebraska, “I Am an American—Nebraska Stories,” November 4, 2009; video available at:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=klX9aRvpO7A
(accessed April 19, 2011).
13
Real American Stories, One Nation United, “Giuliana Rancic”; video available at:
http://www.realamericanstories.com/giuliana-rancic/?curpage=7
(accessed April 19, 2011).
14
Real American Stories, “Teuta Dedvukaj”; video available at:
http://www.realamericanstories.com/teuta-dedvukaj-new/?curpage=8
(accessed April 19, 2011).
15
Real American Stories, “A Perfect Fit—NEW”; available at:
http://www.realamericanstories.com/a-perfect-fit/
(accessed April 19, 2011).
16
Real American Stories “George Padavil”; video available at:
http://www.realamericanstories.com/george-padavil/?curpage=14
(accessed April 19, 2011).
17
Real American Stories, One Nation United, ”Oleg Haskel”; video available at:
http://www.realamericanstories.com/oleg-haskel/?curpage=14
(accessed April 19, 2011).
18
Real American Stories, One Nation United, “Tova Friedman”; video available at:
http://www.realamericanstories.com/tova-friedman-new/?curpage=5
(accessed April 19, 2011).
19
Real American Stories, One Nation United, “NEW Global Soap Project”; video available at:
http://www.realamericanstories.com/global-soap-projectnew/?curpage=1
(accessed April 19, 2011).
CHAPTER FOUR
1
“The Christian Religion by David Barton,” David Barton Blog, August 10, 2010; available at
http://www.davidbarton.org/2010/08/17/the-christianreligion-by-david-barton/
(accessed April 26, 2011).
2
Carl Pearlston, “Is America a Christian Nation?”
Connecticut Jewish Ledger
, April, 2001; available at:
http://www.catholiceducation.org/articles/politics/pg0040.html
(accessed April 26, 2011).
3
Charles W. Dunn,
The Conservative Tradition in America
(Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2000)
,
134.
4
“The Moral Basis of a Free Society,” The Hoover Institution, November 1, 1997; available at:
http://www.hoover.org/publications/policy-review/article/6486
.
5
Revelation 3:20.
6
Paul Johnson,
A History of the American People,
39.
7
Albert Enoch Pillsbury,
Lincoln and Slavery
(Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1913), 30.
8
The Constitution and Declaration of Independence as Issues in the Lincoln-Douglas Debates, Willard L. King and Allan Nevins,
Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society (1908-1984)
, Vol. 52, No. 1, Lincoln Sesquicentennial (Spring, 1959), 21.
9
Alexandra Stern,
Eugenic Nation: Faults and Frontiers of Better Breeding in Modern America
(American Crossroads), 210.
10
Leila Zenderland,
Measuring Minds: Henry Herbert Goddard and the Origins of American Intelligence Testing
(Cambridge Studies in the History of Psychology), 274.
11
“Eugenics and the Nazis–the California connection,”
San Francisco Chronicle
(9 November 2003).
12
African Studies Center, University of Pennsylvania, “Letter from a Birmingham Jail [King, Jr.]”; available at:
http://www.africa.upenn.edu/Articles_Gen/Letter_Birmingham.html
(accessed April 26, 2011).
13
Ibid.
14
Remarks on East-West Relations at the Brandenburg Gate in West Berlin, June 12, 1987, Ronald Reagan Presidential Library; available at:
http://www.reagan.utexas.edu/archives/speeches/1987/061287d.htm
(accessed April 26, 2011).
15
Ibid.
16
Address at Commencement Exercises at the University of Notre Dame, May 17, 1981, Ronald Reagan Presidential Library; available at:
http://www.reagan.utexas.edu/archives/speeches/1981/51781a.htm
(accessed April 26, 2011).
17
Remarks at the Annual Convention of the National Association of Evangelicals in Orlando, Florida, March 8, 1983 Ronald Reagan Presidential Library; available at:
http://www.reagan.utexas.edu/archives/speeches/1983/30883b.htm
(accessed April 26, 2011).
18
“Dissenting Opinion of Wallace v. Jeffree,” Justice William Renquist, June 4, 1985; available at:
http://www.belcherfoundation.org/wallace_v_jaffree_dissent.htm
(accessed April 26, 2011).
19
Engel v. Vitale
, 370 U.S. 421 (1962).
20
Abingdon School District v. Schempp
, 374 U.S. 203 (1963).
21
Stone v. Graham
, 449 U.S. 39 (1980).
22
Wallace v. Jaffree
, 472 U.S. 38 (1985).
23
Allegheny County v. ACLU
, 492 U.S. 573 (1989).
24
Lee v. Weisman
, 505 U.S. 577 (1992).

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