Has the U.S. Lived up to its Founding Principles?

Thomas Jefferson once said, "We believe these truths are self-evident: People are born equally, the Creator has given them a certain nontransferable, including the pursuit of life, freedom, happiness "When I was asked if I believe that the United States meets its foundation principle, I have this sentence first, I say that America is not so Reach the principle of its founding.

The US Constitution is not complete in the past and the present. The civil war has been decided, and the principles listed in the Bill of Rights also extend to all Americans. And today we continue to strive hard to achieve these principles. However, flaws focusing on the constitution may obscure the outcome. The revolutionary ambition is to unite Americans under the banner of thought and to establish a new national identity within diverse populations. In most cases, it succeeded. Even in the establishment of this country, Americans are multi ethnic, multilingual English, Dutch, Scots, Irish, French, Swedish, Italian, German, Greek and so on. They tend to identify Virginians and New Yorkers much more strongly than Americans, which complicates efforts to combine common beliefs and new countries. Early America was also a mixture of religious sects that have never existed, including various opponents pursued from families of the old world.

It can not be denied that the US government does not always comply with its constitutional principles. Especially in late nineteenth century officials often advocated de facto Protestantism. Even the US Supreme Court became a victim of this idea in 1892 and Judge David Brewer declared the United States "Christian country" among the Holy Trinity. However, it should be noted that the decision of the Holy Trinity is a legal abnormality. It is seldom quoted by other courts and the "Christian nation" declaration appears in legal terms meaning a written document reflecting the individual opinion of the judges rather than legal authority. Furthermore, it is not clear what Brewer actually means. Among the books written in 1905, Brewer noted that the United States is a Christian in a cultural sense and not a legal one.