John Adams – signer of the declaration of independence, signer of the bill of rights, and 2nd President of the United States.
“The general principles on which the fathers achieved independence were the general principles of Christianity. I will avow that then I believed and now believe that those general principles of Christianity are as eternal and immutable as the existence and attributes of God.”
“Suppose a nation in some distant region should take the Bible for their only law book and every member should regulate his conduct by the precepts there exhibited . . . What a utopia – what a paradise would this region be!”
Patrick Henry – Revolutionary General, Legislator, Governor of Virginia. “Voice of Liberty”, “Ratifier of the U.S. constitution”
“It cannot be emphasized too clearly and too often that this nations was founded not by religionist but by Christians, not on religion but on the gospel of Jesus Christ. For this very reason, peoples of other faiths have been afforded asylum, prosperity, and freedom of worship here.”
“Being a Christian is a character which I prize for above all this world has or can boast.”
“The Bible is a book worth more than all other books that were ever printed.”
“The great pillars of all government and of social life are virtue, morality and religion. This is the armor my friend, and this alone, that renders us invincible.”
John Jay – Governor of New York, President of Congress, Author of Federalist papers, original Chief Justice of U.S. Supreme Court.
“The Bible is the best of all books, for it is the word of God and teaches us the way to be happy in this world and in the next. Continue therefore to read it and to regulate your life by its precepts.”
“Providence has given to our people the choice of their rules and it is the duty as well as the privilege and interest of our Christian Nation, to select and prefer Christians for their rulers.”
Thomas Jefferson – Signer of the Declaration of Independence, Governor of Virginia, Secretary of State, 3rd President of the United States. He signed Presidential documents with “In the year of our Lord Christ”
“I am a Christian in the only sense in which He wishes anyone to be; sincerely attached to His doctrines in preference to all others.”
“I am a real Christian – that is to say, a disciple of the doctrines of Jesus Christ.”
James McHenry – Revolutionary Officer, Signer of the Constitution, Secretary of War under President Washington and John Adams.
“Bibles are a strong protection; where they abound; men cannot pursue wicked courses and at the same time enjoy quiet conscience.”
Robert Treat Paine – Military Chaplin, Signer of Declaration of Independence, Attorney General of Massachusetts.
“I believe the Bible to be the written Word of God and to contain in it the whole rule of faith and manners.”
Benjamin Rush – Signer of the Declaration of Independence, Ratifier of the U.S. Constitution, “Father of modern medicine”, Father of public schools under the Constitution.
“I do not believe that the Constitution was the offspring of inspiration, but I am as satisfied that it is as much the work of a divine Providence as any of the miracles recorded in Old and New Testament.”
“The only means of establishing and perpetuating our republican forms of government is the universal education of our youth in the principles of Christianity by means of the Bible.”
“The Bible contains more knowledge necessary to man in his present state than any other book in the world.”
George Washington – Judge, Member of Continental Congress, Commander in Chief of the Continental Army, First President of the United States, Father of this country.
“The propitious (favorable) smiles of heaven can never be expected on a Nation that disregards the eternal rules or order and right which heaven itself has ordained.”
“You do well to wish to learn our arts and ways of life and above all, the religion of Jesus Christ. These will make you a greater and happier people than you are.”
Daniel Webster – U.S. Senator, Secretary of State, Defender of the Constitution.
“The Christian religion – Its general principles – must ever be regarded among us as the foundation of civil society.”
“To the free and universal reading of the Bible . . . men are much indebted for right views of civil liberty.”
“The Bible is a book which teaches man his own individual responsibility, his own dignity and his equality with his fellow man.”
Abraham Lincoln – Illinois Legislator, Lawyer, U.S. Representative, 16th President of the U.S.
“The truth announced in Holy Scripture and proven by all history is that: for those Nations only are blessed whose God is the Lord.”
Noah Webster – Revolutionary, Soldier, Judge, Legislator, Educator, Schoolmaster to America.
“The religion which has introduced civil liberty is the religion of Christ and His apostles. This is genuine Christianity and to this we owe our free Constitutions and laws.”
“All the evils which men suffer from vice, crime, ambition, injustice, oppression, slavery and war, proceed from their despising or neglecting the precepts contained in the Bible.”
“The Christian religion is the most important and one of the first things in which all children under free government ought to be instructed. No truth is more evident than that the Christian religion must be the basis of any government intended to secure the rights and privileges of a free people.”
“The Christian religion is the basis or rather the source of all genuine freedom in government. I am persuaded that no civil government of a republican form can exist and be durable in which the principles of Christianity have not a controlling influence.”
