Must-Reads for

Every American

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Selections from each of these texts, along with analysis, available now in THE AMERICAN BIBLE by bestselling author Stephen Prothero.

1. The Exodus Story 21. Chief Joseph,

2. John Winthrop, “A Model of Christian Charity” 22. Calvin Coolidge, business” 3. Thomas Paine, Common Sense 23. Franklin Delano Roosevelt, “I pledge you, 4. The Declaration of Independence I pledge myself, to a new deal for the American peopl e”

5. Noah Webster, 24. John F. Kennedy, “Ask not what your country can do for you—ask what you can do for your country” 6. The Constitution 25. Ronald Reagan, “evil empire” 7 Brown v. Board of Education . 26. Henry David Thoreau, “Civil Disobedience” 8. Roe v. Wade 27. Dwight Eisenhower, Farewell Address 9. Harriet Beecher Stowe, Uncle Tom’s Cabin 28. Martin Luther King Jr., “I Have a Dream” 10. Mark Twain, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn 29. Malcolm X, 11. Ayn Rand, Atlas Shrugged 30. Abraham Lincoln, Gettysburg Address 12. Francis Scott Key, 31. Maya Lin, Vietnam Veterans Memorial 13. Irving Berlin, “God Bless America” 32. Thomas Jefferson, First Inaugural Address 14. Woody Guthrie, 33. Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 15. Benjamin Franklin, “Remember that time is money” First Inaugural Address 16. Benjamin Franklin, “God helps those who help 34. Ronald Reagan, themselves” 35. The Pledge of Allegiance 17. Patrick Henry, “Give me liberty or give me death” 36. George Washington, 18. Abigail Adams, “Remember the ladies” Farewell Address 37. Thomas Jefferson, “Letter to the Danbury 19. Sojourner Truth, “Ain’t I a woman?” Baptists” 20. Abraham Lincoln, “With malice toward none, 38. Martin Luther King Jr., “Letter from with charity for all” Birmingham Jail”

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