"A Prayer for Conscientious Citizens."
The prayer stresses the importance of truth, dignity, duty, and principles in political matters: "Save us from thinking about the next election when we should be thinking about the next generation. Save us from dealing in personalities when we should be dealing in principles. . . . May we have...
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Alabama Department of Archives and History
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| Online Access: | http://cdm17217.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/voices/id/12697 |
| Summary: | The prayer stresses the importance of truth, dignity, duty, and principles in political matters: "Save us from thinking about the next election when we should be thinking about the next generation. Save us from dealing in personalities when we should be dealing in principles. . . . May we have greater reverence for the truth than for the past." It was "given by the president of a western university," and the flier was distributed by the Alabama League of Women Voters. |
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