- Next time someone says America was not founded as a Christian nation, show them these quotes(emphasis ours):
Patrick Henry, Founding Father (1736-1799)
It cannot be emphasized too strongly or too often that this great nation was founded, not by religionists, but by Christians; not on religions, but on the gospel of Jesus Christ! For this very reason peoples of other faiths have been afforded asylum, prosperity, and freedom of worship here.House Judiciary Committee, 1854
Christianity must be considered as the foundation upon which the whole rests. . . . In this age there can be no substitute for Christianity: that, in its general principles, is the great conservative element on which we must rely for the purity and permanence of free institutions. That was the religion of the founders of the republic, and they expected it to remain the religion of their descendants.House Of Representatives, 1854
The great and vital element in our system is the belief of our people in the pure doctrines and divine truths of the gospel of Jesus Christ.U. S. Supreme Court: Church Of The Holy Trinity V. U.S., 1892
This is a religious people. . . . From the discovery of this continent until this present hour, there is a single voice making this affirmation. . . . These are not individual sayings, declarations of private persons: they are organic utterances; they speak the voice of the entire people. . . . These, and many other matters which might be noticed, add a volume of unofficial declarations to the mass of organic utterances that this is a Christian nation.Abraham Lincoln, President
It is the duty of nations as well as men to own their dependence upon the overruling power of God, to confess their sins and transgressions in humble sorrow yet with assured hope that genuine repentance will lead to mercy and pardon, and to recognize the sublime truth, announced in the Holy Scriptures and proven by all history; that those nations only are blessed whose God is the Lord.Woodrow Wilson, President
The Bible is the one supreme source of revelation of the meaning of life, the nature of God and spiritual nature and need of men. It is the only guide of life which really leads the spirit in the way of peace and salvation. . . . America was born a Christian nation. America was born to exemplify that devotion to the elements of righteousness which are derived from the revelations of Holy Scripture.Noah Webster, Founding Father (1758-1743)
The Christian religion is the most important and one of the first things in which all children, under a free government, ought to be instructed. . . . No truth is more evident . . . than that the Christian religion must be the basis of any government intended to secure the rights and privileges of a free people.
United States Congress Public Law 97-280, Oct. 4, 1982
The Bible, the Word of God, has made a unique contribution in shaping the United States as a distinctive and blessed nation. . . . Deeply held convictions springing from the Holy Scriptures led to the early settlement of our nation. . . . Biblical teaching inspired concepts of civil government that are contained in our Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of the United States.Andrew Jackson, President
The Bible is “the rock on which our Republic rests.”Ronald Reagan, Presidential Proclamation, February 3, 1983, declaring , at the request of Congress, 1983 as Year of the Bible: “Inside its pages lie all the answers to all the problems that man has ever known.”
House Judiciary Committee Report, March 27, 1854
Had the people, during the Revolution, had a suspicion of any attempt to war against Christianity, that Revolution would have been strangled in its cradle. At the time of the adoption of the Constitution and the amendments, the universal sentiment was that Christianity should be encouraged, not any one sect [denomination]. Any attempt to level and discard all religion would have been viewed with universal indignation.^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
For more quotes, see also our two most recent For Pray-ers post, Godly Beginnings. (July 30)
Our thanks to William J. Federer: “America’s God and Country Encyclopedia of Quotations” and David Barton, Founder and president, Wallbuilders