Posted by
Ikester on Friday, April 17, 2009 10:29:50 AM
"He who shall introduce into public affairs the principles of Christianity will change the face of the world." Benjamin Franklin
"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." Patrick Henry
"The Christian religion, in its purity, is the basis and the source of all genuine freedom in government ... I am persuaded that no civil government of a republican form can exist and be durable, in which the principles of Christianity have not a controlling influence."
James Madison
"We have staked the future of American civilization upon the capacity of each and all of us to govern ourselves according to the Ten Commandments of God." James Madison
"The only means of establishing and perpetuating our republican forms of government ... is the universal education of our youth in the principles of Christianity by means of the Bible." Benjamin Rush: Youngest signer of the Declaration of Independence