“Statesmen…may plan and speculate for liberty but it is religion and morality alone which we can establish the principles upon which freedom can securely stand.” -John Adams
“I have lived, Sir, a long time, and the longer I live, the more convincing proofs I see this truth–that God governs in the affairs of men. And if a sparrow cannot fall to the ground without His notice, is it probable that an empire can rise without His aid? We have been assured, Sir, in the Sacred Writing, that ‘excet the Lord build the house they labor in vain that build it.’ I firmly believe this. I also believe that without His concurring aid we shall succeed in this political building no better than the builders of Babel; we shall be divided by our little partial local interests; our porjects will be confounded, and we ourselves shall become a reproach and byword down to future ages. And what is worse, mankind may hereafter from this unfortunate instance, despair of establishing governments by human wisdom and leave it to chance, war and conquest. I therefore beg leave to move that henceforth prayers imploring the assistance of Heaven and its blessings on our deliberations be held in this Assembly every morning before we proceed to business.” -Benjamin Franklin
“No people can be bound to acknowledge and adore the invisible hand which conducts he affairs of men more than the people of the United States. Every step by which they have advanced to the character of an independent nation seems to have been distinguished by some token of providential agency.” -President George Washington (Inaugural Address)
“I am well aware of the toil and blood and treasure that it will cost us to maintain this Declaration, and support and defend these States. Yet through all the gloom I can see rays of ravishing light and glory. I can see that the end is worth more than all the means.” -John Adams (in a letter to Abigail Adams, July 2, 1776)
“We have this day restored the Sovereign, to Whom alone men ought to be obedient. He reigns in heaven and…from the rising to the setting sun, may His Kingdom come.” -Samuel Adams (in a speech to the Continental Congress, July 4, 1776)
“Is it not a saying of Moses, Who am I that I should go in and out before this great people? When I consider the great events which are passed, and those greater which are rapidly advancing, and that I may have been instrumental in touching some springs, and turning some small wheels, which have had and will have such effects, I feel and awe upon my mind, which is not easily described. Great Britain has at least driven America to the last setp, complete separation from her; a total, absolute independence.” -John Adams (in a letter to Abigail Adams, his wife, May 17, 1776)
“Whilst sun and moon endure, America shall remain a city of refuge for the whole eart, until she herself shall play the tyrant, forget her destiny, disgrace her freedom, and provoke her God.” – Rev. George Duffield (pastor of Pine Street Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia, May 1776)
“If God be fore us, who can be against us? The enemy [the British Army] has reproached us for calling on His name and professing our trust in Him. They have made a mock of our solemn fasts and every appearance of serious Christianity in the land…May our land be purged from all its sins! Then the Lord will be our refuge and our strength, a very present help in trouble, and we will have no reason to be afraid, though thousands of enemies set themselves against us round about.” -Rev. Samuel Lanagdon (President of Harvard College, in address to the Provincial Congress of Massachusetts, May 31, 1775)
[All quotes taken from "Under God" by Toby Mac and Michael Tait]
Time and time again, Patriots acknowledge that this nation is under God. Our leaders today may deny that we are a Christian nation, but our Founding Fathers declare it in timeless declarations of dependence upon God.
GOD BLESS AMERICA!
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