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• “Let us with caution indulge the supposition that morality can be maintained without religion. ”

  George Washington , Diary Entry · View

• “The only foundation for a useful education in a republic is to be laid in religion. Without this there can be no virtue. ”

  Benjamin Rush , Essay on Education · View

• “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

• “It is the duty of all Nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God, to obey His will, to be grateful for His benefits... ”

  George Washington , Thanksgiving Proclamation · 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

• “Of all the dispositions and habits which lead to political prosperity, religion and morality are indispensable supports... Let us with caution indulge the supposition that morality can be maintained without religion. ”

  George Washington , Farewell Address · View

• “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! ”

  John Adams , Diary Entry · View

• “The only foundation for... a republic is to be laid in Religion. Without this there can be no virtue, and without virtue there can be no liberty. ”

  Benjamin Rush , Essay on Education · View

• “Every member would be obliged in conscience, to temperance, frugality, and industry; to justice, kindness, and charity towards his fellow men; and to piety, love, and reverence toward Almighty God. ”

  John Adams , Diary Entry · View

• “It is the duty of all Nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God, to obey his will, to be grateful for his benefits, and humbly to implore his protection and favors. ”

  George Washington , Thanksgiving Proclamation · View

• “It is in our lives and not our words that our religion must be read. ”

  Thomas Jefferson , Letter to John Adams · View

• “I conceive that we cannot better express ourselves than by humbly supplicating the Supreme Ruler of the world that the rod of tyrants may be broken to pieces, and the oppressed made free again. ”

  Samuel Adams , Proclamation for a Day of Fasting · 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

• “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

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

  Gouverneur Morris , Speech at Constitutional Convention · 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

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

  James McHenry , Letter to Congress · 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

• “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

• “Of all the dispositions and habits which lead to political prosperity, religion and morality are indispensable supports. ”

  George Washington , Farewell Address · View

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

  John Adams , Letter to the Massachusetts Militia · View

• “I have lived, Sir, a long time, and the longer I live, the more convincing proofs I see of this truththat God governs in the affairs of men. ”

  Benjamin Franklin , Speech at the Constitutional Convention · View

• “It is the duty of all Nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God, to obey his will, to be grateful for his benefits, and humbly to implore his protection and favors. ”

  George Washington , Thanksgiving Day Proclamation · View

• “Some are so proud they can scarce bow to their Maker. ”

  Benjamin Franklin , Silence Dogood Letter No. 4 · View

• “Religion is too often made a Cloak for Villainy. ”

  Benjamin Franklin , Silence Dogood Letter No. 5 · View

• “Some preach more for Profit than for Piety. ”

  Benjamin Franklin , Silence Dogood Letter No. 11 · View

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

  John Adams , Letter to the Massachusetts Militia · View

• “The general principles on which the fathers achieved independence were the general principles of Christianity. ”

  John Adams , Letter to Thomas Jefferson · View

• “Religion is the foundation of civil society, and the source of all good government. ”

  Charles Carroll of Carrollton , Letter to James McHenry · View

• “A Christian education is indispensable to the happiness and prosperity of a people. ”

  Benjamin Rush , Essays, Literary, Moral and Philosophical · View

• “The religion which has introduced civil liberty is the religion of Christ and His apostles. ”

  Noah Webster , History of the United States · View

• “Without morals a republic cannot subsist any length of time. ”

  Charles Carroll of Carrollton , Letter to James McHenry · View

• “Religion is the only solid basis of national character. ”

  Benjamin Rush , Essays, Literary, Moral and Philosophical · View

• “The only foundation for a useful education in a republic is to be laid in religion. ”

  Benjamin Rush , Essays, Literary, Moral and Philosophical · View

• “Religion is the only sure basis of duty and obligation. ”

  Patrick Henry , Speech to the Virginia Assembly · View

• “The only foundation for a useful education in a republic is to be laid in religion. ”

  Benjamin Rush , Essays, Literary, Moral and Philosophical · View

• “The laws of morality and religion are the foundation of all social order. ”

  Charles Carroll of Carrollton , Letter to James McHenry · View

• “The equal right of every citizen to the free exercise of his religion according to the dictates of conscience is held by the same tenure with all our other rights. ”

  James Madison , Memorial and Remonstrance Against Religious Assessments · View

• “While we are zealously performing the duties of good citizens and soldiers, we certainly ought not to be inattentive to the higher duties of religion. To the distinguished character of Patriot, it should be our highest glory to add the more distinguished character of Christian. ”

  George Washington , The Writings of George Washington · 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 , The Works of John Adams · View

• “[I]t is religion and morality alone which can establish the principles upon which freedom can securely stand. The only foundation of a free constitution is pure virtue. ”

  John Adams , The Works of John Adams · View

• “The laws of nature and of natures God entitle them to a separate and equal station. ”

  Thomas Jefferson , Declaration of Independence · 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 , Essays, Literary, Moral and Philosophical · View

• “A Christian education is indispensable to the happiness and prosperity of a people. ”

  Benjamin Rush , Essays, Literary, Moral and Philosophical · 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

• “I have so much faith in the general government of the world by Providence that I can hardly conceive a transaction of such moment should be suffered to pass without being influenced, guided, and governed by that omnipotent and omniscient Being. ”

  Benjamin Franklin , Letter to Joseph Galloway · View

• “A Christian cannot fail to be a republican. The religion of Christ is a religion of liberty. ”

  Benjamin Rush , Essays, Literary, Moral and Philosophical · View

• “A Bible and a newspaper in every house, a good school in every districtall studied and appreciatedare the principal support of virtue, morality, and civil liberty. ”

  Benjamin Franklin , Letter to Rev. Samuel Cooper · View

• “The Religion then of every man must be left to the conviction and conscience of every man; and it is the right of every man to exercise it as these may dictate. ”

  James Madison , Memorial and Remonstrance Against Religious Assessments · View

• “Without morals a republic cannot subsist any length of time; they therefore who are decrying the Christian religion ... are undermining the solid foundation of morals, the best security for the duration of free governments. ”

  Charles Carroll of Carrollton , Letter to James McHenry · View

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

  Benjamin Rush , Essays, Literary, Moral and Philosophical · View

• “The religion which has introduced civil liberty is the religion of Christ and His apostles ... and to this we owe our free constitutions of government. ”

  Noah Webster , History of the United States · View

• “The Christian religion, when divested of the rags in which they have enveloped it, is a religion of all others most friendly to liberty, science, and the freest expansion of the human mind. ”

  Thomas Jefferson , Letter to Moses Robinson · View

• “The only foundation for a useful education in a republic is to be laid in religion. ”

  Benjamin Rush , Essays, Literary, Moral and Philosophical · View

• “It does me no injury for my neighbor to say there are twenty gods or no god. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg. ”

  Thomas Jefferson , Notes on the State of Virginia · View

• “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 Eutopia, what a Paradise would this region be. ”

  John Adams , Diary and Autobiography of John Adams · View

• “The foundation of justice is good faith, and the foundation of good faith is religion. ”

  Alexander Hamilton , Letter to James Bayard · View

• “Public virtue cannot exist in a nation without private virtue, and public virtue is the only foundation of republics. ”

  John Adams , Letter to Mercy Otis Warren · View

• “The Constitution is not founded on the Christian religion, but it does not prohibit its practice. ”

  James Madison , Letter to Edward Livingston · View

• “The Christian religion is the best security for the blessings of liberty and the stability of government. ”

  Benjamin Rush , Essays, Literary, Moral and Philosophical · View

• “The Christian religion is the best security for the blessings of liberty and the stability of government. ”

  Benjamin Rush , Essays, Literary, Moral and Philosophical · View

• “I beg leave to return you the thanks of Congress for your polite and friendly address, and to assure you that we shall always be ready to co-operate with our fellow citizens in promoting the cause of religion and virtue. ”

  George Washington , Reply to the Synod of the Dutch Reformed Church · View

• “Religion and morality are the essential pillars of civil society. ”

  George Washington , Address to the Synod of the Dutch Reformed Church · View

• “The religion of a people is the chief source of their character. It is the basis of their manners, the foundation of their laws. ”

  Benjamin Rush , Essays, Literary, Moral and Philosophical · View

• “The sacred rights of mankind are not to be rummaged for among old parchments or musty records. They are written, as with a sunbeam, in the whole volume of human nature, by the hand of the divinity itself. ”

  Alexander Hamilton , The Farmer Refuted · View

• “Of all the dispositions and habits which lead to political prosperity, religion and morality are indispensable supports. ”

  George Washington , Farewell Address · View

• “The general principles on which the fathers achieved independence were the general principles of Christianity. ”

  John Adams , Letter to Thomas Jefferson · 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

• “Let us with caution indulge the supposition that morality can be maintained without religion. ”

  George Washington , Farewell Address · View

• “Religion is the basis and foundation of government. ”

  Gouverneur Morris , Speech at the Constitutional Convention · View

• “The practice of morality being necessary for the well-being of society, it is incumbent on its members to support and encourage it ... and to countenance the principles of religion. ”

  Benjamin Rush , Essays, Literary, Moral and Philosophical · View

• “On the dogmas of religion ... all mankind ... have been quarrelling, fighting, burning and torturing one another, for abstractions unintelligible to themselves and to all others. ”

  Thomas Jefferson , Correspondence and Papers · View

• “Resistance to tyranny is obedience to God. ”

  Mercy Otis Warren , History of the Rise, Progress, and Termination of the American Revolution · View