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Quotes

• “Public schools should teach the religion of Jesus Christ. ”

  James McHenry , Letter to Congress · View

• “Let us not fear, for Christ is our strength. ”

  Richard Bassett , Letter to Delaware Militia · View

• “The God who gave us life gave us liberty. ”

  Thomas Jefferson , Notes on the State of Virginia · View

• “A republic once equally poised must either preserve its virtue or lose its liberty. He is the best friend to American liberty who is most sincere and active in promoting true and undefiled religion. ”

  John Witherspoon , Sermon: Dominion of Providence · View

• “Virtue flows from the example of Christ. ”

  William Paterson , Letter to New Jersey Assembly · View

• “He is the best friend to American liberty who is most sincere and active in promoting true and undefiled religion... Whoever is an avowed enemy to God, I scruple not to call him an enemy to his country. ”

  John Witherspoon , Sermon: The Dominion of Providence over the Passions of Men · View

• “The order of society must reflect the order of Christ. ”

  Richard Dobbs Spaight , Speech to North Carolina Assembly · View

• “It is the duty of all Nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God... and humbly to implore His protection and favor. ”

  George Washington , Thanksgiving Proclamation · View

• “The Bible contains more knowledge necessary to man in his present state than any other book in the world. ”

  Benjamin Rush , Essay on Education · View

• “...that wars may cease in all the earth, and that the confusions that are and have been among nations may be overruled by promoting and speedily bringing on that holy and happy period when the kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ may be everywhere established, and all people everywhere willingly bow to the sceptre of Him who is Prince of Peace. ”

  Samuel Adams , Proclamation for a Day of Fasting and Prayer · View

• “Let us draw strength from the example of Christ. ”

  Thomas Mifflin , Speech to Pennsylvania Assembly · View

• “Let us seek the guidance of Christ in all our deliberations. ”

  Lewis Morris , Speech to New York Assembly · View

• “Christianity is the only true and perfect religion; and in proportion as mankind adopt its principles and obey its precepts, they will be wise and happy. ”

  Benjamin Rush , Letter to John Adams · View

• “The Gospel is the only true source of liberty and order. ”

  William Livingston , Letter to John Jay · View

• “Justice must be tempered by the mercy of Christ. ”

  Thomas Stone , Letter to Maryland Convention · View

• “True liberty is found only in obedience to Christ. ”

  Jacob Broom , Letter to Delaware Convention · View

• “The Christian religion is, above all the religions that ever prevailed or existed in ancient or modern times, the religion of wisdom, virtue, equity and humanity. ”

  John Adams , Diary Entry · View

• “By conveying the Bible to people thus deprived, we certainly do them a most interesting act of kindness. Were it not for this Book, we could not know right from wrong. All the things desirable to man are contained in it. ”

  John Jay , Letter to the Committee of the American Bible Society · View

• “The law of Christ is the law of liberty. ”

  William Paca , Letter to Maryland Convention · View

• “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. ”

  John Jay , Letter to Peter Augustus Jay · View

• “Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other. ”

  John Adams , Address to the Massachusetts Militia · View

• “Human law must rest its authority ultimately upon the authority of that law which is divine. ”

  James Wilson , Lectures on Law · View

• “On the mercy of my Redeemer I rely for salvation and on His merits; not on the works I have done in obedience to His precepts. ”

  Charles Carroll , Letter to Charles W. Carroll · View

• “As to Jesus of Nazareth, my opinion of whom you particularly desire, I think the system of morals and his religion, as he left them to us, is the best the world ever saw. ”

  Benjamin Franklin , Letter to Ezra Stiles · View

• “Our hope must rest in the mercy of Christ, not in the strength of men. ”

  Joseph Hewes , Letter to Samuel Johnston · View

• “Let us be ever mindful that justice and mercy are the attributes of Christ. ”

  Josiah Bartlett , Letter to New Hampshire Assembly · View

• “Peace is the fruit of Christs spirit. ”

  William Whipple , Letter to New Hampshire Assembly · View

• “He is the best friend to American liberty who is most sincere and active in promoting true and undefiled religion... Whoever is an avowed enemy to God, I scruple not to call him an enemy to his country. ”

  John Witherspoon , Sermon: The Dominion of Providence over the Passions of Men · View

• “Religion is the only solid basis of good morals; therefore education should teach the precepts of religion. ”

  Gouverneur Morris , Speech at Constitutional Convention · View

• “In Christ we find our hope and our future. ”

  William Williams , Letter to Connecticut Assembly · View

• “I believe that there is one only living and true God, existing in three personsthe Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghostthe same in substance, equal in power and glory... ”

  Roger Sherman , Personal Confession of Faith · View

• “Let our schools teach the life and words of Christ. ”

  William Samuel Johnson , Speech to Connecticut Convention · View

• “I then believed, and now believe, that those general principles of Christianity are as eternal and immutable as the existence and attributes of God. ”

  John Adams , Letter to Thomas Jefferson · View

• “On the mercy of my Redeemer I rely for salvation and on His merits; not on the works I have done in obedience to His precepts. ”

  Charles Carroll , Letter to Charles W. Carroll · View

• “Before any man can be considered a member of civil society, he must be considered as a subject of the Governor of the Universe. ”

  James Madison , Memorial and Remonstrance · View

• “Resistance to tyranny becomes the Christian and social duty of each individual. ”

  John Hancock , Call to Arms and Prayer · View

• “We accept [the Scriptures] as the words of God Himself. ”

  William Penn , Preface to Frame of Government · View

• “On the mercy of my Redeemer I rely for salvation and on His merits; not on the works I have done in obedience to His precepts. ”

  Charles Carroll , Letter to Charles W. Carroll · View

• “The religion of Jesus is founded on reason and love. It is the most sublime and benevolent code of morals which has ever been offered to man. ”

  Thomas Jefferson , Letter to Moses Robinson · View

• “I have a tender reliance on the mercy of the Almighty, through the merits of the Lord Jesus Christ. ”

  Alexander Hamilton , Personal Letter · View