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Hace 5 días · These settlers sought to create a "city upon a hill", a community based on their religious vision. During the 17th century, the region experienced growth in trade, agriculture, and governance. Town meetings became a staple of New England political life, reflecting early democratic principles.
Hace 1 día · A New Look at American Exceptionalism (1991) endorses exceptionalism; Soderlind, Sylvia, and James Taylor Carson, eds. American Exceptionalisms: From Winthrop to Winfrey (State University of New York Press; 2012) 268 pp; essays on the rhetoric of exceptionalism in American history, from John Winthrop's "city upon a hill" to the "war on terror".
Hace 5 días · In the speech, which would later become known as “The City Upon a Hill” speech, Kennedy paid tribute to the early role Massachusetts played in creating a republic – he thanked the citizens of Massachusetts for a lifetime of friendship and trust -- and he laid out the four essential qualities that he hoped would characterize his ...
Hace 3 días · The origin of the first theme, later known as American exceptionalism, was often traced to America's Puritan heritage, particularly John Winthrop's famous "City upon a Hill" sermon of 1630, in which he called for the establishment of a virtuous community that would be a shining example to the Old World.
Hace 5 días · ‘From a nation on the precipice to a city on a hill — funny what winning an election or two will do.’ (…) ‘A false prophet is one who claims, deceptively, to speak for God. An American exceptionalist, apparently, is one blessed with certainty about the designs of providence for our shining city.’ (…)
Hace 1 día · Presidential Candidates Declare America the “City on A Hill” That Jesus was Talking About. “We shall be as a city upon a hill—the eyes of all people are upon us. Today the eyes of all people are truly upon us—and our governments, in every branch, at every level, national, state and local, must be as a city upon a hill.” So sayeth JFK.
Hace 4 días · America, the "shining city upon a hill," as then-President Ronald Reagan called it, embellishing Jesus' Sermon on the Mount, is celebrating its 248th Independence Day. Yet for the first time since the Confederate attack on Fort Sumter in April 1861, the future seems uncertain.
