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"Our laws and our institutions must necessarily be based upon the teachings of the Redeemer of Mankind. It is impossible that it should be otherwise; and in this sense and to this extent, our civilization and our institutions are emphatically Christian."
U.S. Supreme Court
1892 Decision |
| "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 paradise would this region be!"
John Adams
America's Second President
1756 |
| "GOD who gave us life gave us liberty. And can the liberties of a nation be thought secure when we have removed their only firm basis, a conviction in the minds of people that these liberties are a gift of GOD? That they are not to be violated but with His wrath? Indeed, I tremble for my country when I reflect that GOD is just; that His justice cannot sleep forever."
Thomas Jefferson
1781 |
| "We have been assured, Sir, in the Sacred Writings, that 'except the Lord build the House, they labor in vain that build it.' I firmly believe this; and I also believe that without His concurring aid we shall succeed in this political building no better than the builders of Babel."
Benjamin Franklin
Statement he made at the Constitutional Convention
June 28, 1787 |
| "We have this day restored the Sovereign to Whom all men ought to be obedient. He reigns in Heaven and from the rising to the setting of the sun, let His Kingdom come."
Samuel Adams
As the Declaration of Independence was being signed.
1776 |
| "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 to humbly implore His protection and favor."
George Washington
Proclaiming a National Day of Prayer and Thanksgiving
October 3, 1789 |
