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> [The ten commandments and the sermon on the mount contain my religion.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-adams/the-ten-commandments-and-the-sermon-on-the-mount-contain-my-religion/)

[John Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-adams/)

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> [Christianity is the only true and perfect religion...](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-rush/christianity-is-the-only-true-and-perfect-religion/)

[Benjamin Rush](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/benjamin-rush/)

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> [My heart trembles when I reflect that God is just](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/my-heart-trembles-when-i-reflect-that-god-is-just/)

[Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/)

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> [ We beseech \[God\] to pardon our national and other transgressions... ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-washington/we-beseech-god-to-pardon-our-national-and-other-transgressions/)

[George Washington](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-washington/)

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> [America was born a Christian nation,](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/woodrow-wilson/america-was-born-a-christian-nation/)

[Woodrow Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/woodrow-wilson/)

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> [I have sworn upon the altar of god.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/i-have-sworn-upon-the-altar-of-god/)

[Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/)

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> [ \[The Bible\] is the rock on which our Republic rests. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-jackson/the-bible-is-the-rock-on-which-our-republic-rests/)

[Andrew Jackson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-jackson/)

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> [Christianity neither is, nor ever was a part of the common law.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/christianity-neither-is-nor-ever-was-a-part-of-the-common-law/)

[Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/)

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> [I have examined all religions, and the result is that the Bible is the best book in the world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-adams/i-have-examined-all-religions-and-the-result-is-that-the-bible-is-the/)

[John Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-adams/)

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> [Where is the security for property, for reputation, for life, if the sense of religious obligation deserts the oaths . . . ?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-washington/where-is-the-security-for-property-for-reputation-for-life-if-the/)

[George Washington](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-washington/)

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> [The doctrines of Jesus are simple, and tend to all the happiness of man.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/the-doctrines-of-jesus-are-simple-and-tend-to-all-the-happiness-of-man/)

[Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/)

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> [Is it not that, in the chain of human events, the birthday of the nation is indissolubly linked with the birthday of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-quincy-adams/is-it-not-that-in-the-chain-of-human-events-the-birthday-of-the/)

[John Quincy Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-quincy-adams/)

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> [July 4th ought to be commemorated as the day of deliverance by solemn acts of devotion.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-adams/july-4th-ought-to-be-commemorated-as-the-day-of-deliverance-by-solemn/)

[John Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-adams/)

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> [Here is my Creed. I believe in one God, the Creator of the Universe. That He governs it by His Providence. That…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-franklin/here-is-my-creed-i-believe-in-one-god-the-creator-of-the-universe-2/)

[Benjamin Franklin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/benjamin-franklin/)

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> [America was born to exemplify that devotion to the elements of righteousness which are derived from the revelations of the Holy Scripture.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/woodrow-wilson/america-was-born-to-exemplify-that-devotion-to-the-elements-of/)

[Woodrow Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/woodrow-wilson/)

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> [The office of reformer of the superstitions of a nation is ever dangerous.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/the-office-of-reformer-of-the-superstitions-of-a-nation-is-ever/)

[Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/)

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> [It is too late in the day for men of sincerity to pretend they believe in the Platonic mysticisms that three are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/it-is-too-late-in-the-day-for-men-of-sincerity-to-pretend-they/)

[Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/)

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> [Because we hold it for 'a fundamental and undeniable truth', that religion or 'the duty which we owe to our Creator' and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-madison/because-we-hold-it-for-a-fundamental-and-undeniable-truth-that/)

[James Madison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-madison/)

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> [Intoxicated with unbroken success, we have become too self sufficient to feel the necessity of redeeming and preserving grace, too proud to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/intoxicated-with-unbroken-success-we-have-become-too-self-sufficient/)

[Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/)

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> [I have carefully examined the evidences of the Christian religion, and if I was sitting as a juror upon its authenticity I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-hamilton/i-have-carefully-examined-the-evidences-of-the-christian-religion-and/)

[Alexander Hamilton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-hamilton/)

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> [We should begin by setting conscience free. When all men of all religions shall enjoy equal liberty, property, and an equal chance…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-adams/we-should-begin-by-setting-conscience-free-when-all-men-of-all/)

[John Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-adams/)

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> [The truth is, that the greatest enemies to the doctrines of Jesus are those, calling themselves the expositors of them, who have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/the-truth-is-that-the-greatest-enemies-to-the-doctrines-of-jesus-are/)

[Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/)

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> [The hocus-pocus phantasm of a God, like another Cerberus, with one body and three heads, had its birth and growth in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/the-hocus-pocus-phantasm-of-a-god-like-another-cerberus-with-one-body/)

[Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/)

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> [God has appointed two kinds of government in the world, which are distinct in their nature, and ought never to be confounded…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isaac-backus/god-has-appointed-two-kinds-of-government-in-the-world-which-are/)

[Isaac Backus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/isaac-backus/)

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> [ The clergy ... believe that any portion of power confided to me \[as President\] will be exerted in opposition to their schemes.… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/the-clergy-believe-that-any-portion-of-power-confided-to-me-as/)

[Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/)

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> [ When, in short, we shall have unlearned everything which has been taught since his \[Jesus'\] day, and got back to the pure… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/when-in-short-we-shall-have-unlearned-everything-which-has-been/)

[Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/)

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> [Of all the animosities which have existed among mankind, those which are caused by a difference of sentiments in religion appear to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-washington/of-all-the-animosities-which-have-existed-among-mankind-those-which/)

[George Washington](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-washington/)

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> [We have abundant reason to rejoice that in this Land the light of truth and reason has triumphed over the power of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-washington/we-have-abundant-reason-to-rejoice-that-in-this-land-the-light-of/)

[George Washington](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-washington/)

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> [Is it not that in the chain of human events, the birthday of a nation is indissolubly linked with the birthday of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-quincy-adams/is-it-not-that-in-the-chain-of-human-events-the-birthday-of-a-nation/)

[John Quincy Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-quincy-adams/)

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> [Can the liberties of a nation be thought secure when we have remover their only firm basis, a conviction in the minds…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/can-the-liberties-of-a-nation-be-thought-secure-when-we-have-remover/)

[Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/)

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> [Where the preamble declares, that coercion is a departure from the plan of the holy author of our religion, an amendment was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/where-the-preamble-declares-that-coercion-is-a-departure-from-the/)

[Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/)

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> [Millions of innocent men, women and children, since the introduction of Christianity, have been burnt, tortured, fined and imprisoned; yet we have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/millions-of-innocent-men-women-and-children-since-the-introduction-of-2/)

[Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/)

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> [We have been preserved, these many years, in peace and prosperity. We have grown in numbers, wealth and power, as no other…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/we-have-been-preserved-these-many-years-in-peace-and-prosperity-we/)

[Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/)

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> [WHEREAS it is the duty of all Nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God, to obey His will, to be grateful…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-washington/whereas-it-is-the-duty-of-all-nations-to-acknowledge-the-providence/)

[George Washington](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-washington/)

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> [The human understanding is a revelation from its maker, which can never be disputed or doubted. There can be no scepticism, Pyrrhonism,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-adams/the-human-understanding-is-a-revelation-from-its-maker-which-can/)

[John Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-adams/)

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> [The office of reformer of the superstitions of a nation, is ever more dangerous. Jesus had to work on the perilous confines…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/the-office-of-reformer-of-the-superstitions-of-a-nation-is-ever-more/)

[Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/)

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> [Lighthouses are more helpful than churches.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-franklin/lighthouses-are-more-helpful-than-churches/)

[Benjamin Franklin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/benjamin-franklin/)

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> [Ecclesiastical establishments tend to great ignorance and corruption](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-madison/ecclesiastical-establishments-tend-to-great-ignorance-and-corruption/)

[James Madison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-madison/)

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> [Congress has no power to make any religious establishments.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-sherman/congress-has-no-power-to-make-any-religious-establishments/)

[Roger Sherman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-sherman/)

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> [I am opposed to any form of tyranny over the mind of man.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/i-am-opposed-to-any-form-of-tyranny-over-the-mind-of-man/)

[Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/)

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                        "text": "We have been preserved, these many years, in peace and prosperity. We have grown in numbers, wealth and power, as no other nation has ever grown. But we have forgotten God. We have forgotten the gracious hand which preserved us in peace, and multiplied and enriched and strengthened us; and we have vainly imagined, in the deceitfulness of our hearts, that all these blessings were produced by some superior wisdom and virtue of our own. Intoxicated with unbroken success, we have become too self sufficient to feel the necessity of redeeming and preserving Grace, too proud to pray to the God that made us!",
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                        "text": "WHEREAS it is the duty of all Nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God, to obey His will, to be grateful for His benefits, and humbly to implore His protection and favour; and Whereas both Houses of Congress have, by their joint Committee, requested me \"to recommend to the people of the United States a DAY OF PUBLICK THANKSGIVING and PRAYER, to be observed by acknowledging with grateful hearts the many signal favors of Almighty God, especially by affording them an opportunity peaceably to establish a form of government for their safety and happiness.\"",
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