Theodore Roosevelt Quote

For example, throughout the long contest, extending over several decades, on the free [silver] coinage question, the existence of this motto on the coins was a constant source of jest and ridicule; and this was unavoidable. Everyone must remember the innumerable cartoons and articles based on phrases like 'In God we trust for the other eight cents'; 'In God we trust for the short weight'; 'In god we trust for the thirty-seven cents we do not pay'; and so forth and so forth. Surely I am well within bounds when I say that a use of the phrase which invites constant levity of this type is most undesirable.


"In God we Trust" letter (1907)


For example, throughout the long contest, extending over several decades, on the free [silver] coinage question, the existence of this motto on the...

For example, throughout the long contest, extending over several decades, on the free [silver] coinage question, the existence of this motto on the...

For example, throughout the long contest, extending over several decades, on the free [silver] coinage question, the existence of this motto on the...

For example, throughout the long contest, extending over several decades, on the free [silver] coinage question, the existence of this motto on the...