Practical Quotations » Religion

John Jay

John Jay — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 17:25:36 +0000

Whether our religion permits Christians to vote for infidel rulers is a question which merits more consideration than it seems yet to have generally received either from the clergy or the laity.

Patrick Henry

Patrick Henry — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 21:58:13 +0000

This is all the inheritance I can give to my dear family. The religion of Christ can give them one which will make them rich indeed.

Patrick Henry

Patrick Henry — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 21:41:06 +0000

The great pillars of all government and of social life [are] virtue, morality, and religion. This is the armor, my friend, and this alone, that renders us invincible.

Patrick Henry

Patrick Henry — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 21:14:37 +0000

I think religion of infinitely higher importance than politics.

Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 20:26:56 +0000

History will also afford the frequent opportunities of showing the necessity of a public religion….and the excellency of the Christian religion above all others, ancient or modern.

Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 18:54:45 +0000

As to Jesus of Nazareth, my opinion of whom you particularly desire, I think the system of morals and His religion as He left them to us, the best the world ever saw or is likely to see.

Charles Carroll

Charles Carroll — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 04:06:18 +0000

Without morals a republic cannot subsist any length of time; they therefore who are decrying the Christian religion….are undermining the solid foundation of morals, the best security for the duration of free governments.

George Washington

George Washington — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 00:18:50 +0000

While we are zealously performing the duties of good citizens and soldiers, we certainly ought not to be inattentive to the higher duties of religion.

George Washington

George Washington — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 00:14:08 +0000

While just government protects all in their religious rights, true religion affords to government its surest support.

George Washington

George Washington — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 00:07:46 +0000

I now make it my earnest prayer that God would… most graciously be pleased to dispose us all to do justice, to love mercy, and to demean ourselves with that charity, humility, and pacific temper of the mind which were the characteristics of the Divine Author of our blessed religion.

Josiah Bartlett

Josiah Bartlett — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 22:53:04 +0000

…[t]hat the knowledge of the Gospel of Jesus Christ may be made known to all nations, pure and undefiled religion universally prevail, and the earth be fill with the glory of the Lord.

Fisher Ames

Fisher Ames — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 22:44:02 +0000

Our liberty depends on our education, our laws, and habits . . . it is founded on morals and religion, whose authority reigns in the heart…

John Quincy Adams

John Quincy Adams — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 20:42:58 +0000

Whoever believes in the Divine inspiration of the Holy Scriptures must hope that the religion of Jesus shall prevail throughout the earth.

John Adams

John Adams — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 02:28:16 +0000

We have no government armed with power capable of contending with human passions unbridled by morality and religion.

John Adams

John Adams — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 02:17:07 +0000

I have examined all religions, and the result is that the Bible is the best book in the world.

John Adams

John Adams — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 02:14:31 +0000

The Christian religion is, above all the religions that ever prevailed or existed in ancient or modern times, the religion of wisdom, virtue, equity and humanity.

John Adams

John Adams — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 02:06:12 +0000

Without religion, this world would be something not fit to be mentioned in polite company: I mean hell.

John Adams

John Adams — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 02:01:53 +0000

Statesmen, my dear sir, may plan and speculate for liberty, but it is religion and morality alone which can establish the principles upon which freedom can securely stand.

George Washington

George Washington — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 22:58:48 +0000

Of all the dispositions and habits which lead to political prosperity, religion and morality are indispensable supports.

George Washington

George Washington — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 04:50:06 +0000

You do well to wish to learn our arts and ways of life, and above all, the religion of Jesus Christ. These will make you a greater and happier people than you are.