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27 In inaugural addresses and Thanksgiving Day proclamations, presidents shifted their emphasis. Nowhere is this more evident than in the opening lines of two presidential Thanksgiving Day proclamations. Until Franklin Roosevelt’s presidency, all presidents followed George Washington’s emphasis on the providence and grace of God. Roosevelt began a new emphasis on the works of mankind. In his opening lines, George Washington said: “Whereas it is the duty of all nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God, to obey His will, to be grateful for His benefits, and humbly to implore His protection and favor .

5 42 f-Dunn ch. qx 11/15/99 5:42 PM Page 43 ORIGINS OF MORAL CONFLICT Documentary filmmaker Ken Burns suggests that Washington may have “fudged his Revolutionary War expenses . . ”6 Little evidence, however, supports the alleged war-expenses scandal. If Washington had a few moral slips, he definitely made up for them with majestic acts of patriotism by refusing absolute power and providing stability in our first eight years under the Constitution. John Adams, 1797–1801 John Adams’s presidency echoes the theme that the presidential Founding Fathers faced greater scrutiny of their public reputations than of their private problems.

In 1988 two ministers were candidates: the Reverend Jesse Jackson campaigned for the Democratic Party’s nomination, while the Reverend Pat Robertson, founder of a Christian television network and university, did the same in the Republican Party. Roman Catholic Cardinal O’Connor sternly rebuked two ranking Democrats, 1984 vice presidential nominee Geraldine Ferraro and 1988 national convention keynote speaker Mario Cuomo, for failing to oppose abortion. In 1992 a promotional video at the Democratic National Convention showed Bill Clinton as a young boy with Bible in hand at a Southern Baptist church.

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