The bill also added it to the back of paper money. Coins had held the phrase since the time of the civil war.
Ike and others had campaigned for two years to see it become official.
"In this way we are reaffirming the transcendence of religious faith in America's heritage and future; in this way we shall constantly strengthen those spiritual weapons which forever will be our country's most powerful resource in peace and war."
Some felt that it was an abridgement of separation of church and state, but defenders of the phrase point out that it does not recognize any single religion.
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