God is Great, America is Good and Democrats are Crazy

We were inspired to write this column after listening to the 2008 song by Billy Currington titled “People Are Crazy.”

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God is Great

America was founded as a Judeo-Christian nation.

The term “Judeo-Christian” refers to ideas and values that have common roots in Judaism and Christianity. These include the ideals of loving God, honoring one’s parents, and loving one’s neighbor.

John Adams wrote, “Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.”

The Declaration of Independence reads, “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable Rights.”

Franklin D. Roosevelt said, “Worship has played a fundamental role in all social evolution…In the last analysis all of those terms can be described by one word; and that is ‘Christianity’…Even in time of war those Nations which still hold to the old ideals of Christianity and democracy are carrying on services to humanity.”

D. James Kennedy noted, “The Supreme Court has said that America is a Christian nation. But to make such a statement today causes reporters, newsmen, and many politicians to go ballistic.”

As Jerry Newcombe, D. Min. wrote, “President Trump has established a Task Force to Eradicate Anti-Christian Bias to eliminate discrimination within the federal government. The President has appointed Attorney General Pam Bondi to head this project. The goal is to ‘immediately halt all forms of anti-Christian targeting and discrimination within the federal government’.”

Time to put our faith, our families and our freedoms first into our leaders at every level.

America is Good

Alexis de Tocqueville wrote, “I sought for the greatness and genius of America in her commodious harbors and her ample rivers—and it was not there. . . . . in her fertile fields and boundless forests—and it was not there. . . . .in her rich mines and her vast world commerce—and it was not there. . . . in her democratic Congress and her matchless Constitution—and it was not there. Not until I went into the churches of America and heard her pulpits flame with righteousness did I understand the secret of her genius and power. America is great because she is good, and if America ever ceases to be good, she will cease to be great.”

In his book American on Purpose: The Improbable Adventures of an Unlikely Patriot Craig Ferguson wrote, “America truly is the best idea for a country that anyone has ever come up with so far. Not only because we value democracy and the rights of the individual, but because we are always our own most effective voice of descent….We must never mistake disagreement between Americans on political or moral issues to be an indication of their level of patriotism. If you don’t like what I say or don’t agree with where I stand on certain issues, then good. I’m glad we’re in America, and don’t have to oppress each other over it. We’re not just a nation, we’re not an ethnicity. We are a dream of justice that people have had for a thousand years.”

America will be celebrating its 250th birthday on July 4, 2026.

In 2015 Chelsea Scism listed 22 inspiring quotes about what is means to be an American. We reprint them with permission:

1. “We are called the nation of inventors. And we are. We could still claim that title and wear its loftiest honors if we had stopped with the first thing we ever invented, which was human liberty.” — Author Mark Twain
2. “America was not built on fear. America was built on courage, on imagination and an unbeatable determination to do the job at hand.” — President Harry S. Truman
3. “There is much more to being a patriot and a citizen than reciting the pledge or raising a flag.” — Wrestler, Actor and former Governor of Minnesota Jesse Ventura
4. “This nation will remain the land of the free only so long as it is the home of the brave.” — World War II Director of the United States Office of War Information Elmer Davis
5. “America is another name for opportunity. Our whole history appears like a last effort of divine providence on behalf of the human race.” — Poet Ralph Waldo Emerson
6. “There is nothing wrong with America that cannot be cured by what is right with America.” — President Bill Clinton
7. “Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe in order to assure the survival and the success of liberty.” — President John F. Kennedy
8. “Wars may be fought with weapons, but they are won by men. It is the spirit of men who follow and of the man who leads that gains the victory.” — United States Army General George S. Patton
9. “A patriot must always be ready to defend his country against his government.” — Author Edward Abbey
10. “Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!” — Founding Father Patrick Henry
11. “The way to secure liberty is to place it in the people’s hands, that is, to give them the power at all times to defend it in the legislature and in the courts of justice.” — President John Adams
12. “Loyalty to country ALWAYS. Loyalty to government, when it deserves it.” — Author Mark Twain
13. “I am an American; free born and free bred, where I acknowledge no man as my superior, except for his own worth, or as my inferior, except for his own demerit.” — President Theodore Roosevelt
14. “If ever a time should come, when vain and aspiring men shall possess the highest seats in Government, our country will stand in need of its experienced patriots to prevent its ruin.” — Founding Father Samuel Adams
15. “They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” — Founding Father Benjamin Franklin
16. “This nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom; and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.” — President Abraham Lincoln, Gettysburg Address
17. “We are one people, all of us pledging allegiance to the stars and stripes, all of us defending the United States of America.” — President Barack Obama
18. “We can’t all be Washingtons, but we can all be patriots.” — Writer Charles F. Browne
19. “What is the essence of America? Finding and maintaining that perfect, delicate balance between freedom ‘to’ and freedom ‘from’.” — Writer Marilyn vos Savant
20. “Posterity: you will never know how much it has cost the present generation to preserve your freedom. I hope you will make good use of it.” — President John Quincy Adams
21. “Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn’t pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same, or one day we will spend our sunset years telling our children and our children’s children what it was once like in the United States where men were free.” — President Ronald Reagan
22. “I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country.” — American Revolutionary Soldier Nathan Hale

May God contiue to bless these United States of America.

Democrats are Crazy

Mark Twain wrote, “All democrats are insane, but not one of them knows it,”

Ronald Reagan said, “Republicans believe every day is the Fourth of July, but the democrats believe every day is April 15.”

Robert A. Heinlein wrote, “The human race divides politically into those who want people to be controlled and those who have no such desire.”

Jeane Kirkpatrick said, “Democrats can’t get elected unless things get worse-and things won’t get worse unless they get elected.”

Democrat Senator Charles “Chuck” Schumer said, “Democrats don’t relate to middle-class people.”

Rush Limbaugh said, “Liberal Democrats are inexorably opposed to tax cuts, because tax cuts give people more power, and take away from the role of government.”

Ann Coulter wrote, “I might be in favor of national healthcare if it required all Democrats to get their heads examined.”

Dave Barry said, “The Democrats seem to be basically nicer people, but they have demonstrated time and again that they have the management skills of celery.”

Anne Northup wrote, “A large family and Democrats have a lot in common: teenagers and Democrats are always happy spending other people’s money.”

Glenn Beck said, “I think every American has a role in saving this country. Whether you’re Democrat, Republican, independent, it doesn’t matter. We all know the country’s in trouble. We may disagree on how to solve it, but we all know the country’s in trouble.”

Sarah Palin said, “We need independents, we need the GOP, we need Reagan Democrats.”

Dan Rather asked, “Are the Democrats going to dance the mandate Macarena?”

Virginia Foxx wrote, “From a parent’s right to know what their children are doing, to protecting citizens across the country from the growing threat of gang violence, the House Democrat leadership is simply out to lunch.”

And finally, H. L. Mencken wrote, “God is a Republican, and Santa Claus is a Democrat.”

God is truly great, America is truly good and Democrats remain crazy!

©2025 Dr. Richard M. Swier, LTC U.S. Army (Ret.) All rights reserved.