أنا على يقين بأنه لم يكن ثمّة شعبٌ كان لديه من الأسباب ما يدعوه إلى الاعتراف بتدخّل الإله في شؤونه أكثر من شعب الولايات المتحدة، وإني لأتألّم إن صدّقتُ أنهم نسوا تلك العناية التي تجلّت مرارًا خلال ثورتنا، أو أنهم لم يتدبّروا قدرة الله القادر على حمايتهم وحده.

“I am sure that never was a people, who had more reason to acknowledge a Divine interposition in their affairs, than those of the United States; and I should be pained to believe that they have forgotten that agency, which was so often manifested during our Revolution, or that they failed to consider the omnipotence of that God who is alone able to protect them.”George Washington — Speeches and messages to Congress, proclamations, and addresses (1837)