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Our Sacred Honor: Words of Advice from the Founders in Stories, Letters, Poems, and Speeches (1997)

by William J. Bennett

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Millions of American families have turned to The Book of Virtues and The Moral Compass by William J. Bennett for moral guidance in troubled times. Our Sacred Honor offers inspiration and instruction as well -- this time of a particularly American sort. In Our Sacred Honor, Bennett has collected the best that has been thought and said by and about the men and women who founded America. The stories, songs, letters and speeches collected in Our Sacred Honor are an inspiring celebration of American exceptionalism.… (more)
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FROM AMAZON: Featuring the wisdom of Franklin, Jefferson, Adams, Washington, Hamilton, and others, an anthology of the words and accomplishments of America's founders offers inspirational lessons in courage, civility, honesty, piety, and other important virtues and values.
  Gmomaj | Jan 20, 2023 |
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  semoffat | Aug 25, 2021 |
To Ed-with appreciation for your efforts in the Founders' spirit, and in friendship. -Bill
  efeulner | May 2, 2014 |
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"ANd for support of this Declaration, with a firm reliance on Divine Providence we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes, & our sacred Honor."
Thomas Jefferson
Declaration of Independance
1776
Our obligations to our country never cease but with our lives."
John Adams to Benjamin Rush, April 18, 1808
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As every American knows, the first part of the Declaration of Independence establishes the rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
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Millions of American families have turned to The Book of Virtues and The Moral Compass by William J. Bennett for moral guidance in troubled times. Our Sacred Honor offers inspiration and instruction as well -- this time of a particularly American sort. In Our Sacred Honor, Bennett has collected the best that has been thought and said by and about the men and women who founded America. The stories, songs, letters and speeches collected in Our Sacred Honor are an inspiring celebration of American exceptionalism.

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