Ecclesiastical establishments tend to great ignorance and corruption — James Madison Copy Share Image
It is our boast, that a man's religious tenets will not forfeit the protection of the Laws. — George Washington Copy Share Image
Religious controversies are always productive of more acrimony and irreconcilable hatreds than those which spring from any other cause. — George Washington Copy Share Image
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof. — James Madison Copy Share Image
Before a standing army can rule, the people must be disarmed, as they are in almost every country in Europe. — Noah Webster Copy Share Image
For an unarmed man may be attacked with greater confidence than an armed man. — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Without religion this world would be something not fit to be mentioned in polite company, I mean Hell. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Laws that forbid the carrying of arms disarm only those who are neither inclined nor determined to commit crimes. — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Beware the greedy hand of government thrusting itself into every corner and crevice of industry. — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
What is it the Bible teaches us? - raping, cruelty, and murder. What is it the New Testament teaches us? - to… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
We have this day restored the Sovereign to Whom all men ought to be obedient. He reigns in heaven and from the… — Samuel Adams Copy Share Image
Maintaining checks and balances on the power of the Judiciary Branch and the other two branches is vital to keep the form… — Todd Tiahrt Copy Share Image
Militias, when properly formed, are in fact the people themselves and include all men capable of bearing arms. [...] To preserve liberty… — Richard Henry Lee Copy Share Image
[I]t is religion and morality alone which can establish the principles upon which freedom can securely stand. The only foundation of a… — John Adams Copy Share Image
The Christian religion is, above all the religions that ever prevailed or existed in ancient or modern times, the religion of wisdom,… — John Adams Copy Share Image
The problem is that democracy is not freedom. Democracy is simply majoritarianism, which is inherently incompatible with real freedom. Our founding fathers… — Ron Paul Copy Share Image
I have lived, Sir, a long time, and the longer I live, the more convincing proofs I see of this truth —… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
Our Founding Fathers deliberately used the Bible as their guide. They tried to ensure that schools, likewise, use the Bible to teach… — Richard S. Wheeler Copy Share Image
Whenever we read the obscene stories, the voluptuous debaucheries, the cruel and tortuous executions, the unrelenting vindictiveness with which more than half… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
Hold on, my friends, to the Constitution of your country and the government established under it. Leave evils which exist in some… — Daniel Webster Copy Share Image
I believe we have become paralyzed, paralyzed by our desire to be loved. Now our founding fathers had the wisdom to know… — Chris Christie Copy Share Image
Government is instituted to protect property of every sort; as well that which lies in the various rights of individuals, as that… — James Madison Copy Share Image
And if we are the ones not actively involved in electing those godly men and women and if people aren't involved in… — Katherine Harris Copy Share Image
. . . Thirteen governments [of the original states] thus founded on the natural authority of the people alone, without a pretence… — John Adams Copy Share Image
The United States of America have exhibited, perhaps, the first example of governments erected on the simple principles of nature. . .… — John Adams Copy Share Image
The time is now near at hand which must probably determine whether Americans are to be freemen or slaves; whether they are… — George Washington Copy Share Image
The office of reformer of the superstitions of a nation, is ever more dangerous. Jesus had to work on the perilous confines… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
There is nothing more important in my life than my relationship with God and my faith. I have been so driven to… — Sarah Palin Copy Share Image
Cursed be all that learning that is contrary to the cross of Christ. — James Madison Copy Share Image
We beseech [God] to pardon our national and other transgressions... — George Washington Copy Share Image
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