Saturday, October 3, 2015

Where do you find all of this in one place?

I found all these in one place and do you know where?

O say does that star-spangled banner yet wave,
O’er the land of the free and the home of the brave?

-Francis Scott Key
Facing page 1. (question mark missing)

And that Government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the Earth.
-Abraham Lincoln
Page 1.

We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.
-Preamble to the U.S.Constitution
Page 3.

The principle of free governments adheres to the American soil. It is bedded in it — immovable as its mountains.

Daniel Webster, Bunker Hill Monument Address
(hyphen in original replaced by a comma)
Pages 6-7

Let us raise a standard to which the wise and honest can repair.
(a part of the complete sentence)
-George Washington
Pages 8-9

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.
(some words are in lower case, capitalized in the orginial)
- Excerpt from: Declaration of Independence
Pages 10-11

We have a great dream. It started way back in 1776, and God grant that America will be true to her dream.

- Martin Luther King, Jr.
Pages 12-13
Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe to assure the survival and the success of liberty.

- John F. Kennedy
Pages 14-15

This is a new nation, based on a mighty continent, of boundless possibilities.

-Theodore Roosevelt
 Pages 16-17

Whatever America hopes to bring to pass in the world must first come to pass in the heart of America.

-Dwight D. Eisenhower
Pages 18-19

For this is what America is all about. It is the uncrossed desert and the unclimbed ridge. It is the star that is not reached and the harvest that is sleeping in the unplowed ground. Is our world gone? We say "Farewell." Is a new world coming? We welcome it - and we will bend it to the hopes of man.
(usually a shorter version is often quoted)

Lyndon B. Johnson
Pages 20-21

May God continue the unity of our Country, as this Railroad unites the two great Oceans of the world.
inscribed on the Golden spike, Promontory Point, 1869
Pages 22-23

We send thanks to all the Animal life in the world. They have many things to teach us as people. We are glad they are still here and we hope it will always be so.
-Excerpt from the Thanksgiving Address, Mohawk Version
My search did not match exactly to the above. I wonder where it came from.
Pages 24-25

The cause of freedom is not the cause of a race or a sect, a party or a class - it is the cause of humankind, the very birthright of humanity.

-Anna Julia Cooper
Pages 26-27

Every generation has the obligation to free men's minds for a look at new worlds . . . to look out from a higher plateau than the last generation.
Page 28

- Ellison S. Onizuka
Page 29; Space exploration picture (what looks like earth, satellite, perhaps moon

I recently renewed my passport and found the passport full of watermarks and quotations from Presidents, Activists, Astronauts and famous documents, emblems etc.

I found the quotes somewhat at variance in format with what is found on the internet and appears to be somewhat edited. I have no quarrel with the contents as quite a number of them from past history and factual. There have been dissenting voices and here are a few that you may want to look at.

http://aclj.org/american-heritage/godless-take-plunge-into-bizarre
http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/politics/2014/02/u_s_passport_why_is_the_american_passport_so_boastful.html
http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2006/02/whats-great-about-america

 

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