"Almost all the civil liberty now enjoyed in
the world owes its origin to the principles of the Christian religion." Noah Webster
- "Those nations only are blessed whose God is the
Lord." Abraham Lincoln
- "Of all the dispositions and habits which lead to
political prosperity, religion and morality are indispensable supports." George Washington
- "If we will not be governed by God, we must be
governed by tyrants." William Penn
- "Not until I went into the churches of America and
heard her pulpits aflame with righteousness did I understand the greatness and genius of
America. America is good. And if America ever ceases to be good, America will cease to be
great." Alexis de Tocqueville
- "The time has come that Christians must vote for
honest men, and take consistent ground in politics." Charles G. Finney
- "Politics are a part of religion in such a country as
this, and Christians must do their duty to the country as a part of their duty to
God." Charles G. Finney
- “Republican institutions in the hands of a virtuous
and God-fearing nation are the very best in the world, but in the hands of a corrupt and
irreligious people they are the very worst, and the most effective weapons of
destruction....”
“Destroy our churches, close our Sunday-schools, abolish the Lord’s Day, and our
republic would become an empty shell, and our people would tend to heathenism and
barbarism. Christianity is the most powerful factor in our society and the pillar of our
institutions.....” Philip Schaff
- “....all men shall be free to profess, and by
argument to maintain, their opinions in matters of religion, and that the same shall in no
wise diminish, enlarge, or affect their civil liberties.” Thomas Jefferson
- “Indeed, I tremble for my country when I reflect that
God is just." Thomas Jefferson
- "Whatever makes men good Christians, makes them good
citizens. " Daniel
Webster
- "I have lived, Sir, a long time; and the longer I
live, the more convincing proofs I see of this truth, that God governs in the affairs of
men." Benjamin Franklin
- "We have no government armed with power capable of
contending with human passions unbridled by morality and religion...Our Constitution was
made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of
any other." John Adams
- "The moral principles and precepts contained in the
Scriptures ought to form the basis of all our civil constitutions and law... All the
miseries and 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." Noah Webster
- "It is impossible to rightly govern the world without
God and the Bible." George
Washington
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