Celebrate Liberty! Famous Patriotic Speeches & Sermons

by David Barton

Publisher:

Wallbuilders

, 2003

Overview

Liberty!—the cry of the human heart! Every nation and people have sought it, but none has enjoyed a fuller measure than America.

Liberty, when it begins to take root, is a plant of rapid growth.

— George Washington

Americans have faithfully transmitted the unique precepts of American liberty from generation to generation, and this book recaptures nine of the greatest early American orations about the blessings and responsibilities of liberty. These orations were delivered by some of America’s greatest orators: John Quincy Adams, Daniel Webster, Samuel Davies, George Bancroft, Noah Webster, and others.

God grants liberty only to those who love it and are always ready to guard and defend it.

— Daniel Webster

These timeless orations are once again available and speak directly to the hearts of today’s citizens!

Contents

Top Highlights

“Idleness, extravagance, and dissipation [immorality] of every kind should be banished from our borders.” (Page 27)

“The Christian and the lover of freedom may consider this continent as destined by Heaven to save and to foster the seeds of a pure church and excellent constitutions of government which may hereafter be transplanted to Europe when the hostile spirit of the present revolution shall have swept away all the old establishments.” (Page 70)

“We should be fired [motivated] with the generous ambition of teaching mankind by our example that the people are capable of governing themselves to better purpose than it ever has been done by kings and privileged orders.” (Pages 28–29)

“Understanding that a continued attachment to Great Britain in education might lead to a return to her in politics, Webster began to promote a distinctly American system of education.” (Page 61)

“Webster’s oration is a challenge to maintain intact—and preserve from generation to generation—the truly American principles of liberty.” (Page 66)

Praise for the Print Edition

The seed [WallBuilders’ is] sowing is bringing a harvest of righteousness and countering a tide of ungodliness. Praise the Lord.

—Pastor Billy Joe Daugherty (Oklahoma)

David’s commitment to quality research and to making America a better place for our children shines through in all of his professional activities.

—Former Congressman Bill Dannemeyer (California)

[WallBuilders’] materials were the turning point for me in becoming a Christian. . . I feel like I have been granted a new life. . . I thank God for [them] for influencing the way my life has changed.

—Gary Sterling, presentation attendee (Texas)

While watching [WallBuilders’] tape The Spirit of the American Revolution, I wept thinking how far our nation has moved away from the concepts of the Founding Fathers. . . What can we do to get back to the founding concepts and blessings that our forefathers received?

—U. S. Senator Sam Brownback (Kansas)

Seeing how far our country has moved from its beginnings and the original intent of our Founding Fathers has encouraged me to be very active politically to try to bring about a move back to our beginnings.

—Connie Potter, presentation attendee (Washington)

David’s materials. . . have given me and other legislators the courage to defend the moral values that made our country great.

—State Senator Ellen Craswell (Washington)

Product Details

• Title: Celebrate Liberty! Famous Patriotic Speeches & Sermons
• Author: David Barton
• Publisher: WallBuilders
• Publication Date: 2003
• Pages: 256

About David Barton

David Barton is the founder of WallBuilders, an organization which supports the reunification of church and state. In his writing Barton expresses the view that the United States was founded as a specifically Christian nation, which the majority of historians disagree with.