After creating the Declaration of Independence, the Continental Congress formed the American Bible
Society, voting to purchase and import 20,000 copies of scripture for the people of this nation.
"It cannot be emphasized too strongly or too often that this great nation was founded not by religionists,
but by Christians; not on religion, but on the Gospel of Jesus Christ." ~~ Patrick Henry
Thomas Jefferson wrote: "I am a Christian, that is to say a disciple of the doctrines of Jesus. I have
little doubt that our whole country will soon be rallied to the unity of our Creator and, I hope, to the pure
doctrine of Jesus also."
In his farewell speech, Sept. 19, 1796, George Washington said: "It is impossible to govern the world without God and the Bible.
....... Reason and experience both forbid us to expect that our national morality can prevail in exclusion of religious principle."
"Our constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government
of any other." ~~ John Adams
John Jay, first Supreme Court Justice, stated: "Providence has given to our people the choice of their rulers and
it is the duty as well as the privilege and interest of our Christian Nation to select and prefer Christians
for their rulers."
"We have staked the future of all our political constitutions upon the capacity to govern ourselves according
to the moral principles of the Ten Commandments." ~~ James Madison
"The highest glory of the American Revolution was this: it connected in one indissoluble bond the
principles of civil government with the principles of Christianity." ~~ John Quincy Adams
"And having thus chosen our course, without guile, and with pure purpose, let us renew our trust in God........"
~~ Abraham Lincoln, 1861
Calvin Coolidge, our 30th President, said: "The foundations of our
society and our government rest so much on the teachings of the Bible that it would be difficult
to support them if faith in these teachings would cease to be practically universal in our country."
"If we ever forget that we're one nation under God, then we will be a nation gone under." ~~ Ronald Reagan