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The American Creed is a term used to refer to the idea that the defining element of American identity, first formulated by Thomas Jefferson and elaborated by many others, [1] includes liberty, equality, justice, and humanity. Not to be confused with Dean Alfange's "An American's Creed". [citation needed]
In describing the American identity, Huntington first contests the notion that the country is, as often repeated, "a nation of immigrants". He writes that America's founders were not immigrants, but settlers, since British settlers came to North America to establish a new society, as opposed to migrating from one existing society to another one as immigrants do.
Dean Alfange (December 2, 1897 – October 24, 1989) [1] was an American politician who held nominations and appointments from a number of parties, including the Democratic Party, the Republican Party, the American Labor Party, and the Liberal Party of New York, of which he was a founding member. [2]
William Tyler Page (1868 – October 19, 1942) was an American public servant. He worked on the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C., for 61 years, first as a page boy and later as a clerk of the United States House of Representatives. He was the author of American Creed and Story of Nation’s Capital.
The American Credo stamps were printed by the U.S.Bureau of Engraving and Printing in sheets of fifty. Each of the American Credo stamps paid the postage for a one-ounce letter mailed within the United States.The symbols depicted by the stamp issues relate to the credo inscribed in the stamp designs. [3]
This creed emphasizes the ideals of individualism, civil liberties, and equality of opportunity. [1] [3] Myrdal claims that it is the "American Creed" that keeps the diverse melting pot of the United States together. It is the common belief in this creed that endows all people—whites, blacks, rich, poor, male, female, and immigrants alike ...
Historian Samuel P. Huntington has proposed that American history has had several bursts of "creedal passion". [ 4 ] [ 7 ] [ 8 ] [ 9 ] Huntington described the "American Creed" of government in these terms: "In terms of American beliefs, government is supposed to be egalitarian, participatory, open, noncoercive, and responsive to the demands of ...
While maintaining a balanced discourse on the concept of American exceptionalism and the democratic aspirations of the American Creed, Lieven denounces Americans' tendency to hold as sacred national myths ideas like that of American original innocence. He argues that such sacred myths lead to a political rhetoric of correctness that has been ...