Arbitrary Quote by Lewis Cass

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

— Jedidiah Morse

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

— Noah Webster

We profess to be republicans, and yet we neglect the only means of establishing and perpetuating our republican forms of government; that is, the…

— Benjamin Rush

As the observance of divine institutions is the cause of the greatness of republics, so the disregard of them produces their ruin; for where…

— Niccolo Machiavelli

“And as the observance of religious teaching is the cause of the greatness of republics, similarly, disdain for it is the cause of their…

— Niccolò Machiavelli

“If the Christian faith gets too identified with a party, it reduces Christianity to a political position”

— Tim Keller

When religion controls government, political liberty dies; and when government controls religion, religious liberty perishes.

— Sam Ervin

The ecclesiastical establishments of Europe, which serve to support tyrannical governments, are not the Christian religion, but abuses and corruptions of it. The religion…

— Noah Webster

“More people than ever before look to government as their best chance of securing well-being rather than as their inevitable enemy. Politics as a…

— John Morris Roberts

The only means of establishing and perpetuating our republican forms of government is the universal education of our youth in the principles of Christianity…

— Benjamin Rush

Christianity is completely and radically anti-democratic; it is committed to spiritual aristocracy,

— R.J. Rushdoony

The great decisions of government cannot be dictated by the concerns of religious factions… We have succeeded for 205 years in keeping the affairs…

— Barry Goldwater