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The Weight of Testimony
·God who gave us life gave us liberty. Can
the liberties ofa nation be secure when we have.
removed a conviction that these liberties are a
gift ofGod?
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--Thomas Jefferson, 1802
I have always said, and will always say, that
the studious perusal of the sacred volume will
make better homes, better citizens, better
fathers, and better husbands.
--Thomas Jefferson
In my view, the Christian religion is
...
one
of the first things in which all children, under a
free government, ought to be instructed. ... No
truth is more evident to my mind that the
Christian religion must be the basis of any
government intended to secure the rights and
privileges ofa free people.
-- Noah Webster, 1807
The brief exposition of the Constitution of
the United States will unfold to young persons
the principles of republican government; and it
is the sincere desire of the writer that our
citizensshouldearlyunderstandthat thegenuine
source of correct republican principles is the
Bible, particularly the New Testament of the
Christian religion
-- Noah Webster
I offer to a merciful God at the close of this
year my humble tribute of gratitude for the
blessings with which He has, in the course ofit,
favored me and those dear to me.
-- John Quincy Adams, 1812
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