PATRIOT TRUTH!PATRIOT TRUTH!
How do we define
‘patriotism’ today?
94 % say flying an American flag
shows patriotism
How do we define
‘patriotism’ today?
93 % say voting in elections counts
How do we define
‘patriotism’ today?
90 % consider joining the military
an act of patriotism
How do we define
‘patriotism’ today?
83 % of voters consider serving on a jury an “act of patriotism.”
How do we define
‘patriotism’ today?
79 % staying informed of the
news
How do we define
‘patriotism’ today?
78 % paying taxes
How do we define
‘patriotism’ today?
61 % say the same about participating
in a political protest
How do we define
‘patriotism’ today?
50 % say owning a gun is an act of
patriotism
Being a Patriot has, is, and will
always be determined by how well “We
hold these truths...”
Warning SignsIn his last State of the
Union Address, one month before he issued
the Emancipation Proclamation, Abraham Lincoln said, “we shall nobly save, or meanly lose, the last best hope
of earth.”
Warning SignsRonald Reagan once
proclaimed, “Freedom is never more than
one generation away from extinction.
We didn’t pass it on to our children in the
bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and
handed on for them to do the same, or one
day we will spend our sunset…
…years telling our children and our
children’s children what it was once like in the United States
when men were free.”
Warning SignsThe story goes that as
Benjamin Franklin emerged from
Independence Hall at the close of the…
Warning Signs…Constitutional Convention in
Philadelphia on September 18, 1787, a woman asked him, “Well Doctor, what
have we got, a republic or a monarchy?”
Warning SignsMr. Franklin replied,
“A republic, madam – if you can keep it.”
Proverbs 14:33-35
“Wisdom rests in the heart of him
who has understanding,
but what is in the heart of fools is made known.
Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a reproach to
any people. The king’s favor is toward a wise
servant, but his wrath is against him who causes shame.
Matthew 7:16-18, 20
You will know them by their fruits. Do
men gather grapes from thornbushes
or figs from thistles?
Even so, every good tree bears good
fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit. A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor
can a bad tree bear good fruit.
…Therefore by their fruits you will know
them.”
Patriot Truths
Under God
Thomas Paine
“Were a man impressed as fully and strongly as he ought to be with
the belief of a God, his moral life would be regulated by the
force of belief…
…he would stand in awe of God and
himself, and would not do the thing that could not be concealed from
either.”
Patriot Truths
Individual Rights &
Responsibilities
George Washington
“Let us with caution indulge the
supposition that morality can be
maintained without religion. Reason and experience both forbid us…
…to expect that national morality
can prevail in exclusion of
religious principle.”
Patriot Truths
Rule of Law & the Exalted Place
of Justice
‘All Men AreCreated Equal’
Jefferson first used the phrase in the Declaration
of Independence
‘A MorePerfect Union’
Found in the Preamble to the United States Constitution
Patriot Truth is the living out of the
values and sacred nobilities which
drove our Founders to establish our dear Republic!
PATRIOT TRUTH!PATRIOT TRUTH!
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