"Of course, Americans have no monopoly of patriotic enthusiasm and good faith." ― Herbert Croly Topic(s): Faith More From Herbert Croly "Our country was thereby saved from the consequences of its distracting individualistic conception of democracy, and its merely legal conception of nationality. It was because the followers of Jackson and Douglas did fight for it, that the Union was preserved." "The American economic, political, and social organization has given to its citizens the benefits of material prosperity, political liberty, and a wholesome natural equality; and this achievement is a gain, not only to Americans, but to the world and to civilization." "The Constitution was the expression not only of a political faith, but also of political fears. It was wrought both as the organ of the national interest and as the bulwark of certain individual and local rights." More In Faith "Act strenuously, would appear to be our faith, and right thinking will take care of itself."― Irving Babbitt "Hold firmly that our faith is identical with that of the ancients. Deny this, and you dissolve the unity of the Church."― Thomas Aquinas "When the truth is that there would be no great Western music, and certainly no decent choral repertoire, without the Catholic faith."― Richard Morris