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Religion Quotes by George Washington
- The United States is in no way founded upon the Christian religion
- Of all the dispositions and habits which lead to political prosperity, religion and morality are indispensable supports. In vain would that man claim tribute to…
- The United States of America should have a foundation free from the influence of clergy.
- Religious controversies are always productive of more acrimony and irreconcilable hatreds than those which spring from any other cause. I had hoped that liberal and…
- Religion and morality are the essential pillars of civil society.
- The foundations of our national policy will be laid in the pure and immutable principles of private morality, and the preeminence of free government be…
- Where is the security for property, for reputation, for life, if the sense of religious obligation deserts the oaths . . . ?
- The Hand of providence has been so conspicuous in all this, that he must be worse than an infidel that lacks faith, and more than…
- Observe good faith and justice towards all Nations. Cultivate peace and harmony with all. Religion and morality enjoin this conduct; and can it be that…
- May the children of the stock of Abraham who dwell in this land continue to merit and enjoy the good will of the other inhabitants-while…
- A tribute . . . is due to the talents, the rectitude, and the patriotism, which adorn the characters selected to devise and adopt [the…
- You do well to wish to learn our arts and ways of life, and above all, the religion of Jesus Christ. These will make you…
- What students would learn in American schools above all is the religion of Jesus Christ.
- I now make it my earnest prayer that God would have you and the State over which you preside in His holy protection ... that…
- While we are zealously performing the duties of good citizens and soldiers, we certainly ought not to be inattentive to the higher duties of religion.…
- Religious controversies are always productive of more acrimony and irreconcilable hatreds than those which spring from any other cause.
- In his address of 19 September 1796, given as he prepared to leave office, President George Washington spoke about the importance of morality to the…
- The blessed Religion revealed in the word of God will remain an eternal and awful monument to prove that the best Institution may be abused…
- Of all the animosities which have existed among mankind, those which are caused by difference of sentiment in religion appear to be the most inveterate…
- The liberality of sentiment toward each other, which marks every political and religious denomination of men in this country, stands unparalleled in the history of…
- Religion is as necessary to reason as reason is to religion. The one cannot exist without the other. A reasoning being would lose his reason,…
- There is nothing which can better deserve your patronage, than the promotion of science and literature. Knowledge is in every country the surest basis of…
- Let us with caution indulge the supposition that morality can be maintained without religion. Reason and experience both forbid us to expect that national morality…
- Truth will ultimately prevail where there is pains to bring it to light.
- We are persuaded that good Christians will always be good citizens, and that where righteousness prevails among individuals the Nation will be great and happy.…
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- A tyrant must put on the appearance of uncommon devotion to religion. Subjects are less apprehensive of illegal treatment from a ruler… — Aristotle
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- Every fundamentalist movement I've studied in Judaism, Christianity and Islam is convinced at some gut, visceral level that secular liberal society wants… — Karen Armstrong
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- Creationists make it sound as though a 'theory' is something you dreamt up after being drunk all night. — Isaac Asimov
- To surrender to ignorance and call it God has always been premature, and it remains premature today. — Isaac Asimov
- Preach the Gospel at all times and when necessary use words. — Francis of Assisi