"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 Q. Adams
"By our form of government, the Christian religion is the established
religion; and all sects and denominations of Christians are placed
upon the same equal footing, and are equally entitled to protection in
their religious liberty." - Samuel Chase
"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." - Patrick Henry
"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." - John Jay
"To the kindly influence of Christianity, we owe that degree of civil
freedom, and political and social happiness which mankind now enjoy.
In proportion, as the genuine effects of Christianity are diminished
in any nation, either through unbelief, or the corruption of its
doctrines, or the neglect of its institutions; in the same proportion
will the people of the nation recede from the blessings of genuine
freedom and approximate the miseries of complete despotism."
- Dr. Jedidah Morse
"The thing that separates the American Christian from every other
person on earth is the fact that he would rather die on his feet, than
live on his knees!" - George Washington
"To the distinguished character of Patriot, it should be our highest
Glory to laud the more distinguished Character of Christian."
- George Washington
"Finally, let us not forget the religious character of our origin. Our
fathers were brought hither by their high veneration for the Christian
religion. They journeyed by its light, and labored in its hope. They
sought to incorporate its principles with the elements of their
society, and to diffuse its influence through all their institutions,
civil, political, or literary." - Daniel Webster
"Let us cherish these sentiments, and extend this influence still more
widely; in full conviction that that is the happiest society which
partakes in the highest degree of the mild and peaceful spirit of
Christianity." - Daniel Webster
"In my view, 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 to my mind than that the
Christian religion must be the basis of any government intended to
secure the rights and privileges of a free people." - Noah Webster
"This is genuine Christianity, and to this we owe our free
Constitutions of Government." - Noah Webster
"Now I will avow, that I then believe, and now believe, that those
general Principles of Christianity, are as eternal and immutable, as
the Existence and Attributes of God; and that those Principles of
liberty, are as unalterable as human Nature and our terrestrial,
mundane System." - John Adams
