<P> During the 2016 presidential race, Texas Senator Ted Cruz used the phrase during his speech announcing the suspension of his campaign . President Barack Obama also alluded to President Ronald Reagan's use of the phrase during his speech at the Democratic National Convention the same year, as he proposed a vision of America in contrast to that of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump . </P> <P> In 2017, former FBI Director James Comey used the phrase in testimony before the Senate Intelligence Committee . </P> <P> In Australian politics, the similar phrase "the light on the hill" was famously used in a 1949 conference speech by then Prime Minister Ben Chifley, and as a consequence this phrase is used to describe the objective of the Australian Labor Party . It has often been referenced by both journalists and political leaders in that context since this time . </P>

What city was the city upon a hill