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What is the single most important common thread that unites all American Presidents - such a small number of extraordinary people from different centuries, parties, backgrounds and experiences - as they shoulder the overwhelming responsibilities of the office of President of the United States There is only one possible answer: their faith. As a respected national leader and a man of deep faith himself, Senator Rand Paul has written OUR PRESIDENTS & THEIR PRAYERS in collaboration with James Randall Robison to remind us all that in a country founded by religious people, that abiding and rock-solid belief in God has been the key to each and every presidents strength. Senator Pauls inspiring look into the heart-felt sentiments and personal prayers of leaders past and present becomes a powerful testament to our incredible accomplishments: winning the Revolution, writing the Constitution, and leading the world as the most exceptional and longest-lasting democracy in history. Its nothing short of a miracle, then and now. Every man who has answered the peoples call to become President has looked for and found answers in his faith as he faced the nations problems, and each president has frequently described his reliance on the Creator in his public speeches, official proclamations and private prayers. Join Senator Paul in applauding the important role faith has played in our country through over 225 years of triumphs and struggles, justice and injustice, accomplishments and setbacks, war and peace. In OUR PRESIDENTS & THEIR PRAYERS, Senator Paul stands up to the doubters in this most timely and important affirmation of how faith and prayer have always guided us, and why they must continue to do so as we face major decisions for the future of our country.

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You are the light of the world. A town built on a hill cannot be hidden. let your light shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven.

M ATTHEW 5:14

Pilgrim fathers arriving in America Freedom of Worship by Norman - photo 2

Pilgrim fathers arriving in America.

Freedom of Worship by Norman Rockwell 1943 A mericans often take for - photo 3

Freedom of Worship by Norman Rockwell, 1943.

A mericans often take for granted that our country was born of a religious people. We sometimes discount the importance of religion as the stabilizing force that allowed us to proceed in relative calm from the chaos of war to an enduring nation guided by faith and the rule of law.

One of the medias favorite questions to politicians is: Do you believe America is a Christian nation? Well, it is of course a historical fact that we were founded by a religious people, most of whom were Christians. But if one tries to expound on that point, even to acknowledge its historical significance, some immediately want to paint you as an intolerant believer in theocracy.

The media so often dumbs down the debate that the general public fails to appreciate how uniquely fortunate we were that our American Revolution was the exception to the rule played out repeatedly in world historybloodshed, violence, and enduring chaos.

Among revolutions, Americas was extraordinary in that once we threw off the yoke of the king, we didnt also cast off our traditions. We kept our religious faith. We maintained a thousand year history of English common law. We considered our revolution to be a continuation and natural progression of the battle for individual rights that began at Runnymede in 1215.

Consider, for example, how the American Revolution differed dramatically from the French Revolution.

In America, we fought to be free of the British King but we maintained our several hundred year tradition of limited governmental power and we kept our bedrock religious faith. We didnt forget or attempt to turn away from the quest for individual rights that began with the Magna Carta. We built upon its keystone. Our founders were not bashful in acknowledging Gods Grace in our history.

Contrast that with the French Revolution, where the king and religion were to a degree inseparable and rejected simultaneously. As a result, violent chaos and destruction ensued.

The American Revolution was also extraordinary in that it gave birth to the first real meritocracy. Barbara Tuchman writes of how novel it was that the American Revolution opened up progress to people from all walks of life, not just the nobility.

While it took awhile for the Republic to include everyone, the fact that it occurred and remains is, to my mind, nothing short of a miracle.

Some modern critics worry though that we do not separate religion from government enough. They seek to not only divide faith from our government but also from the private sector businesses of our citizens. They argue that the Christian owners of Hobby Lobby should be forced by law to keep their faith out of their business.

But when the US Government decreed that Hobby Lobby would be forced to purchase insurance covering procedures its owners found morally objectionable, they responded, unbowed, in a way that speaks to the core of Americas founding principles. Their lawyer wrote:

Obamacare asks us to abandon our faith to remain in business or abandon our business to remain true to our faith.

In a free country, such a question should be unthinkable. Such a question is inconsistent with liberty. Indeed, such a question is antithetical to the American tradition.

Modern day pundits act as if the separation of church and state means that our origins were based upon a purely secular state devoid of the influence of religion.

Nothing could be further from the truth. To a person, all of our Presidents have acknowledged the guiding influence of their faith.

Todays critics sometimes imply that you cant have both faith and freedom. Some think you must choose between faith or freedom, or put a different wayliberty or virtue.

I disagree.

I believe that liberty is absolutely essential to virtue, and vice versa. After all, it is the freedom to make individual choices that allows us to be virtuous.

Don Devine gets to the heart of the matter in his book, Americas Way Back. He writes:

Freedom needs tradition for law, order, inspiration.

Tradition needs freedom to escape stagnation, coercion, and decline.

The great achievement of the Constitutions framers was in providing a means for synthesizing freedom and tradition.

Government cant impose virtue, we must impose it on ourselves.

Government cant provide salvation, only the individual can choose to be saved.

Government can supply bread, but it cant mend a broken spirit.

To paraphrase Os Guiness, Liberty requires restraint but the only restraint consistent with liberty is voluntary restraint.

This does not mean government cannot or should not reflect our values. In fact, it must. I believe that leaders guided by faith, leaders guided by virtue, are essential.

Most of our Presidents recognized this principle, especially President Washington. He recognized that freedom requires an undergirding of faith. Washington believed that democracy depended upon a virtuous people. His prayers and writings, and those of the other great Presidents in our history contained in these pages, reveal how integral our religious traditions were to our founding, and I believe, to our future as well.

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