Washington, Lincoln, and the common good

These iconic presidents were not theocrats. They were not fascists. They were not naive. They were men who recognized that the common good of a nation is a benefit, a bounty, a gift from God. Their fundamental presupposition was that God is the cause of all such goods, all such benefits, all such bounties, and most especially they understood that God is the cause of the bounty of union. ^[1]