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title: "112 Founding fathers religious Quotes by 20 authors"
description: "Browse 112 Founding fathers religious quotes by 20 authors. Discover the best Founding fathers religious sayings and thoughts."
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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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> [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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> [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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> [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 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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> [... happily the Government of the United States... gives to bigotry no sanction, to persecution no assistance.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-washington/happily-the-government-of-the-united-states-gives-to-bigotry-no/)

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

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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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> [ I ... \[rely\] upon the merits of Jesus Christ for a pardon of all my sins. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-adams/i-rely-upon-the-merits-of-jesus-christ-for-a-pardon-of-all-my-sins/)

[Samuel Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-adams/)

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> [The religion-builders have so distorted and deformed the doctrines of Jesus, so muffled them in mysticism, fancies, and falsehoods.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/the-religion-builders-have-so-distorted-and-deformed-the-doctrines-of/)

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

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> [Let us with Caution indulge the supposition that morality can be maintained without religion.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-washington/let-us-with-caution-indulge-the-supposition-that-morality-can-be/)

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

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> [Nothing is more dreaded than the national government meddling with religion.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-adams/nothing-is-more-dreaded-than-the-national-government-meddling-with/)

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

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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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> [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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> [I consider the government of the U.S. as interdicted by the Constitution from intermeddling with religious institutions, their doctrines, discipline, or exercises.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/i-consider-the-government-of-the-u-s-as-interdicted-by-the/)

[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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> [Certainly, no power to prescribe any religious exercise, or to assume authority in religious discipline, has been delegated to the General Government.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/certainly-no-power-to-prescribe-any-religious-exercise-or-to-assume/)

[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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> [Let it simply be asked where is the security for property, for reputation, for life, if the sense of religious obligation deserts…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-washington/let-it-simply-be-asked-where-is-the-security-for-property-for/)

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

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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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> [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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> [That religion, or the duty which we owe to our Creator, and the manner of discharging it, can be directed only by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-henry/that-religion-or-the-duty-which-we-owe-to-our-creator-and-the-manner/)

[Patrick Henry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-henry/)

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> [The whole history of these books (i.e. the Gospels) is so defective and doubtful that it seems vain to attempt minute enquiry…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/the-whole-history-of-these-books-i-e-the-gospels-is-so-defective-and/)

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

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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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> [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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> [We Recognize No Sovereign but God, and no King but Jesus!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-adams/we-recognize-no-sovereign-but-god-and-no-king-but-jesus/)

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

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> [ \[V\]irtue or morality is a necessary spring of popular government. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-washington/v-irtue-or-morality-is-a-necessary-spring-of-popular-government/)

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

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> [Mystery is made a convenient Cover for absurdity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-adams/mystery-is-made-a-convenient-cover-for-absurdity/)

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

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> [I looked around for God's judgments, but saw no signs of them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-franklin/i-looked-around-for-god-s-judgments-but-saw-no-signs-of-them/)

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

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