On this day in 1956 President Eisenhower signed legislation to change our national motto. It had been “E Pluribius Unum”, which, for those of you who didn’t take Latin, means “Out of many, one.” Now that’s a great motto. It is all-inclusive and succinctly gets across the idea that though we may be a pluralistic society, we are all in this together.
The new motto since 1956 is “In God We Trust.” Think of all the issues that accompany that. Suppose you don’t believe in god. Which god? What exactly does that mean, anyway? It’s almost like the old Alfred E. Newman catch phrase, “What, me worry?”
I can hardly abide the symbolic surface religiosity that permeates this society. I’m putting my trust in hard work, rational thought, common sense, and the New York Times.
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