Founding fathers christian Quotes · Page 2

I looked around for God's judgments, but saw no signs of them.

— Benjamin Franklin

Cursed be all that learning that is contrary to the cross of Christ.

— James Madison

Can a free government possibly exist with the Roman Catholic religion?

— John Adams

The general principles on which the fathers achieved independence were the general principles of Christianity

— John Adams

I ... [rely] upon the merits of Jesus Christ for a pardon of all my sins.

— Samuel Adams

It is the duty of every true Deist to vindicate the moral justice of God against the evils of the Bible.

— Thomas Paine

Erecting the 'wall of separation between church and state'... is absolutely essential in a free society.

— Thomas Jefferson

The New Testament, they tell us, is founded upon the prophecies of the Old; if so, it must follow the fate of…

— Thomas Paine

The moral principles and precepts contained in the Scripture ought to form the basis of all our civil constitutions and laws.

— Noah Webster

The religion-builders have so distorted and deformed the doctrines of Jesus, so muffled them in mysticism, fancies, and falsehoods.

— Thomas Jefferson

The Declaration of Independence laid the cornerstone of human government upon the first precepts of Christianity.

— John Adams

The day will come when the mystical generation of Jesus, by the Supreme Being as his father, in the womb of a…

— Thomas Jefferson

It is the duty of every man to render to the Creator such homage...Before any man can be considered as a member…

— James Madison

In regard to religion, mutual toleration in the different professions thereof is what all good and candid minds in all ages have…

— Samuel Adams

[T]he Christian religion, in its purity, is the basis, or rather the source of all genuine freedom in government. . . .…

— Noah Webster

The general principles on which the fathers achieved independence were the general principles of Christianity. I will avow that I then believed,…

— John Adams

We have no government armed with power capable of contending with human passions unbridled by morality and religion. Our constitution was made…

— John Quincy Adams

For my part, I sincerely esteem the Constitution, a system which without the finger of God, never could have been suggested and…

— Alexander Hamilton

But how has it happened that millions of fables, tales, legends have been blended with both Jewish and Christian revelation that have…

— John Adams

Systems of religious error have been adopted in times of ignorance. It has been the interest of tyrannical kings, popes, and prelates…

— Oliver Ellsworth

Here is my Creed. I believe in one God, creator of the Universe. That he governs it by his Providence. That he…

— Benjamin Franklin

As to Jesus of Nazareth, my opinion of whom you particularly desire, I think the system of Morals and his Religion, as…

— Benjamin Franklin

To the kindly influence of Christianity we owe that degree of civil freedom, and political and social happiness which mankind now enjoys……

— Jedidiah Morse

There exists, I believe, throughout the whole Christian world, a law which makes it blasphemy to deny or doubt the divine inspiration…

— John Adams

“As the government of the United States is not in any sense founded on the Christian Religion, — as it has in…

— Anonymous

We have solved, by fair experiment, the great and interesting question whether freedom of religion is compatible with order in government and…

— Thomas Jefferson

Oh, eternal and everlasting God, direct my thoughts, words and work. Wash away my sins in the immaculate blood of the Lamb…

— George Washington

Let us with Caution indulge the supposition that morality can be maintained without religion.

— George Washington

Only a virtuous people are capable of freedom. As nations become corrupt and vicious, they have more need of masters.

— Benjamin Franklin

The Constitution of the U.S. forbids everything like an establishment of a national religion.

— James Madison

The legislative powers of government reach actions only and not opinions.

— Thomas Jefferson

The study of theology, as it stands in the Christian churches, is the study of nothing.

— Thomas Paine

A man of abilities and character, of any sect whatever, may be admitted to any office of public trust under the United…

— Edmund Randolph

It is the duty of all nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God.

— George Washington

I believe ... that the soul of man is immortal and will be treated with justice in another life, respecting its conduct…

— Benjamin Franklin

The sole purpose and effect of it is to exclude persecution and to secure the important right of religious liberty.

— Oliver Ellsworth

The government of the United States of America has in itself no character of enmity against the laws, religion or tranquility of…

— John Adams

It is our boast, that a man's religious tenets will not forfeit the protection of the Laws.

— George Washington

Religious controversies are always productive of more acrimony and irreconcilable hatreds than those which spring from any other cause.

— George Washington

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof.

— James Madison