patriot truth!. how do we define ‘patriotism’ today? 94 % say flying an american flag shows...

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!