The loss of this conviction, the almost total secularizing of our public attitudes, has been largely responsible for the terrible social illnesses now running rampant among us.' (Page xxi) Or, as Hinckley put it on the next page: 'People who cary in their hearts a strong conviction concerning the living reality of the Almighty and their accountability to Him for what they do with their lives are far less likely to become enmeshed in problems that inevitably weaken society. 'I am more deeply concerned about the growing moral deficit than I am about the monetary deficit.' (Page xix) 'If we are to continue to have the freedoms that came of the inspiration of the Almighty to our Founding Fathers, we must return to the God who is their true Author.' (Page xi) 'Today we face challenges the Founding Fathers could not have possibly imagined or conceived our societal challenges would have horrified them.' (Page xviii) As Margaret Thatcher said: ''You use the name of Deity in the Declaration of Independence and in the Constitution of the United States, and yet you cannot use it in the schoolroom.' Her words are a rebuke and an indictment of America.' (Page xx) Just reading the introduction gives me a thrill as I see how clearly he understands the ills of our time and that the banishment of the name of God from the United States is deeply tied into the problems we are facing.

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