--- title: "10 Christian Country Quotes by 9 authors" description: "Browse 10 Christian Country quotes by 9 authors. Discover the best Christian Country sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a32/p-d-james-7898_dear-brother_this-is-a-christian-country-my-dear-brot_2645291.jpg" --- > [“This is a Christian country, my dear brother, and the wages of sin are supposed to be death, not eight bob of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/p-d-james-2/this-is-a-christian-country-my-dear-brother-and-the-wages-of-sin-are/) [P.D. James](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/p-d-james-2/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a32/p-d-james-7898_dear-brother_this-is-a-christian-country-my-dear-brot_2645291.jpg) > [“The brutal fact is that in this Christian country not one person in a hundred has the faintest notion what the Church…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-l-sayers/the-brutal-fact-is-that-in-this-christian-country-not-one-person-in-a/) [Dorothy L. Sayers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-l-sayers/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/11d/dorothy-l-sayers-738_christianity_the-brutal-fact-is-that-in-this-christia_1280651.jpg) > [It's silly to throw things out or label things. You know, is U2 a Christian band, or was Johnny Cash a Christian…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mat-kearney/it-s-silly-to-throw-things-out-or-label-things-you-know-is-u2-a/) [Mat Kearney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mat-kearney/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a1f/mat-kearney-3612_band_it-s-silly-to-throw-things-out-or-label_538600.png) > [“Ip we don't act right hir and now, at pigilan ang pagkalat ng virus na ito... magiging zombie Christian country tayo!”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/geonard-yleana/ip-we-don-t-act-right-hir-and-now-at-pigilan-ang-pagkalat-ng-virus-na/) [Geonard Yleana](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/geonard-yleana/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c78/geonard-yleana-78501_quote_ip-we-don-t-act-right-hir-and-now-at-pig_1933136.jpg) > [there is less alms-giving in America than in any other Christian country on the face of the globe. It is not in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frances-trollope/there-is-less-alms-giving-in-america-than-in-any-other-christian/) [Frances Trollope](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frances-trollope/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2e0/frances-trollope-22974_alms_there-is-less-alms-giving-in-america-tha_763043.png) > [There's still plenty of people who have this deep conviction that America is a Christian country and ought to say so in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diana-l-eck/there-s-still-plenty-of-people-who-have-this-deep-conviction-that/) [Diana L. Eck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diana-l-eck/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f39/diana-l-eck-21463_america_there-s-still-plenty-of-people-who-have_1825661.jpg) > [This is a Christian country. Why, so is hell. Inasmuch as Strait is the way and narrow is the gate, and few…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-twain/this-is-a-christian-country-why-so-is-hell-inasmuch-as-strait-is-the/) [Mark Twain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-twain/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c95/mark-twain-22_america_this-is-a-christian-country-why-so-is-he_856784.png) > [I do understand that America is a predominantly Christian country. A lot of morals and values are based in Christianity as opposed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lupe-fiasco/i-do-understand-that-america-is-a-predominantly-christian-country-a/) [Lupe Fiasco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lupe-fiasco/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/79c/lupe-fiasco-1146_america_i-do-understand-that-america-is-a-predom_57245.jpg) > [ “Take an instance: the removal of the motto \[In God We Trust\] fetched out a clamor from the pulpit; little groups and… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-twain/take-an-instance-the-removal-of-the-motto-in-god-we-trust-fetched-out/) [Mark Twain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-twain/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/500/mark-twain-22_christian-community_take-an-instance-the-removal-of-the-mott_486242.png) > [“Part of the scandal of American Christianity is that statistically the U.S. is the most Christian country in the world, and yet…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-borg/part-of-the-scandal-of-american-christianity-is-that-statistically/) [Marcus Borg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcus-borg/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c71/marcus-borg-23822_christianity_part-of-the-scandal-of-american-christia_2120955.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/christian-country/#itemlist", "name": "Christian Country Quotes", "numberOfItems": 10, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“This is a Christian country, my dear brother, and the wages of sin are supposed to be death, not eight bob of the taxpayers’ money.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "P.D. 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