“To preserve our blessed land we must look to God. … It is time to realize that we need God more than He needs us. … We also have His promise that we could take to heart with regard to our Country, that ‘if my people, who are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.‘ …
The time has come to turn to God and reassert our trust in Him for the healing of America. … Our country is in need of and ready for a spiritual renewal. Today, we utter no prayer more fervently than the ancient prayer for peace on Earth.“
– President Ronald Reagan, February 6, 1986
