Herbert Hoover and the Declaration of IndependenceThe 31st president saw faith, constitutionalism, and individual liberty as inseparable.
“The founders of our republic under Divine inspiration” established a “great political system,” which is “unique in the world,” argued Hoover. However, Hoover understood that principles of the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution were based upon heritage.
“God has blessed us with another wonderful word — heritage,” affirmed Hoover. Further, Hoover noted that the “great documents of that heritage” were “the Bible, the Declaration of Independence, and the Constitution, within them alone can the safeguards of freedom survive.”
Both Christian faith and the English constitutional heritage were foundational. “When our nation was founded, it drew its strength and being not only from great political and social truths, but from spiritual convictions from a deep and abiding faith in Almighty God,” proclaimed Hoover.
