America, North and South, is a choice land, a land reserved for God's own purposes.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
The land of a god corresponds with the land of his worshipers.
America lives in the heart of every man everywhere who wishes to find a region where he will be free to work out his destiny as he chooses.
America stands for the land of opportunity.
The choice is not normally between the north and south. It might be between Britain and Europe.
Don't let anybody make you think God chose America as His divine messianic force to be a sort of policeman of the whole world.
There is, of course, only one chosen nation. But Abraham Lincoln would call America 'an almost chosen nation' because he believed that America had a providential role to play in history, inspired by the example of God's ancient covenant people.
North and South were equally confident that God was on their side, and appealed incessantly to Him.
This foundational principle - that human beings derive their rights from God, rather than from the State, or any other source - is what made America different.
I love America, but I chose America.
America is an unusually religious nation.
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