American Gospel by Jon Meacham

Author:Jon Meacham [Meacham, Jon]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Nonfiction
ISBN: 9781588365774
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
Published: 2008-12-11T00:00:00+00:00

On April 13, 1943, a cool springtime Tuesday in the midst of World War II, President Roosevelt and two bishops dedicated the Jefferson Memorial. Jefferson knew, FDR said, that “men who will not fight for liberty can lose it.” (AP Images)

The preservation of American liberty is the most demanding of tasks, requiring unrelenting work and a resilient spirit, but to whom much is given, much is expected. Roosevelt closed by quoting words expressing what he called Jefferson’s “noblest and most urgent meaning,” the sentence carved inside the frieze of the marble monument: “I have sworn upon the altar of God eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man.” In a voice from the past, a vow worth keeping in our own time, and for all times.

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