“Many members of the so-called Christian right share the view that America has a special mission . . . . they believe that the United States, as led by a man of God, has a virtually messianic role to play, especially in the Middle East, where God’s chosen people, Israel, must be supported by the United States against their enemies. Breaking sharply with the mainstream of traditional Christianity, which has made a distinction between the things of God and the things of Caesar, this form of religion identifies a particular political power, America, with God’s will.”
— Claes G. Ryn, America the Virtuous, p. 138
“Freedom is the Almighty’s gift to every man and woman in this world. And as the greatest power on the face of the Earth, we have an obligation to help the spread of freedom . . . That is what we have been called to do, as far as I’m concerned.”
— President George W. Bush’s at his press conference last week
6:58 am on April 21, 2004
