Franklin D. Roosevelt gave a patriotic address to the White House Correspondents' Association, February 12, 1943:
"In every battalion, and in every ship's crew, you will find every kind of American citizen representing every occupation, every section, every origin, every religion, and every political viewpoint.
Ask them what they are fighting for, and every one of them will say, 'I am fighting for MY COUNTRY.'"
Edmund Burke is considered the most influential orator in the British House of Commons in the 18th century.
His first notable writings was an anonymous publication A Vindication of Natural Society, 1756, which was a satirical criticism of the deism promoted by Lord Bolingbroke:
"... The same engines which were employed for the destruction of religion, might be employed with equal success for the subversion of government."
It is significant when examining slavery throughout world history, that it was Christian motivation, from the Quakers, to the Methodists, to the Second Great Awakening, to William Wilberforce, to the Salvation Army, and more, which was a driving force to abolish slavery.As New York Senator Rufus King told the U.S. Senate:"All laws ... imposing any such condition as slavery upon any human being are absolutely void because they are contrary to the law of nature, which is the law of God."
