Although guided by our excellent Constitution in the discharge of official duties, and  actuated, through the whole course of my public life, solely by a wish to promote the best  interests of our country; yet, without the beneficial interposition of the Supreme Ruler of the  Universe, we could not have reached the distinguished situation which we have attained with  such unprecedented rapidity.  To HIM, therefore, should we bow with gratitude and reverence,  and endeavor to merit a continuance of HIS special favors.
      --George Washington, 1791, in a letter to John Adams

Reflection
It's always good to go back to the beginning to see what the founding fathers were thinking.