The national anthem belongs to the eighteenth century. In it you find us ordering God about to do our political dirty work.
Source: A member of the Caravan of the Curious, in The Adventures of the Black Girl in Her Search for God (1932).
-- George Bernard Shaw, (Jul 26 1856-1950), Irish dramatist, critic; He is generally recognized as the best dramatist since Shakespeare; promoted social reform with drama of ideas.