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- Learn from there own words!
- “Religion [is] the basis and Foundation of Government.” -James Madison, Father of the
Constitution.
- “Of all the dispositions and habits which lead to political prosperity,
religion and morality are indispensable supports. In vain would that man claim the
tribute of patriotism, who should labor to subvert these great pillars
of human happiness . . . The mere politician . . . ought to respect and
to cherish them. A volume could
not trace all their connections with private an public felicity. Let it simply be asked, Where is the
security of property, for reputation, for life, if the sense of
religious obligation desert . . .?
And let us with caution indulge the supposition that morality can
be maintained without religion.
Whatever may be conceded to the influence of refined education on
minds . . . Reason and experience both forbid us to expect that national
morality can prevail, in exclusion of religious principle.” - George
Washington in his farewell address
- “The primary objects of government are peace, order, and prosperity of
society. To the promotion of these objects, good morals are essential. Institutions
for the promotion of good morals are therefore objects of legislative
provision and support, and among these, religious institutions are
eminently useful and important."
- Oliver Ellsworth, third Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
- “History will also afford frequent opportunities of showing the
necessity of a public religion...and the excellency of the Christian
religion above all others, ancient or modern." - Benjamin Franklin
- "Only one adequate plan has ever appeared in the world, and that is
the Christian dispensation."
- John Jay, Original Supreme Court Chief Justice
- “We have staked the whole future of American civilization, not upon the
power of government, far from it. We’ve staked the future of all our
political institutions upon our capacity…to sustain ourselves according
to the Ten Commandments of God.” - James Madison, 1778 to the General
Assembly of the State of Virginia.
- “Public utility pleads most forcibly for the general distribution of the
Holy Scriptures. The doctrine they preach, the obligations they impose,
the punishment they threaten, the rewards they promise, the stamp and
image of divinity they bear, which produces a conviction of their
truths, can alone secure to society, order and peace, and to our courts
of justice and constitutions of government, purity, stability and
usefulness. In vain, without the Bible, we increase penal laws and draw
entrenchments around our institutions. Bibles are strong entrenchments.
Where they abound, men cannot pursue wicked courses, and at the same
time enjoy quiet conscience.” - James McHenry – Signer of the
Constitution.
- “It is impossible to rightly govern the world without God and the
Bible.” -George Washington, Henry
Halley, Halley's Bible Handbook (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 1927,
1965), p. 18.
- “‘Christianity ...was the religion of the founders of the republic, and
they expected it to remain the
- religion of their descendants.’
-An early House Judiciary Committee affirming the Founder's lack
- of pluralistic intent concerning religion’” -David Barton, Original Intent,
Wallbuilders Press, 1997
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