America: A Christian Country?

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"The two enemies of the people are criminals and government, so let us tie the second down with the chains of the constitution so the second will not become the legalized version of the first."-Thomas Jefferson

"Almighty God;
We make our earnest prayer that Thou wilt keep the United States in Thy holy protection; that Thou wilt incline the hearts of the citizens to cultivate a spirit of subordination and obedience to government; and entertain a brotherly affection and love for one another and for their fellow citizens of the United States at large.
And finally that Thou wilt most graciously be pleased to dispose us all to do justice,
to love mercy, and to demean ourselves with that charity, humility, and pacific temper of mind which were the characteristics of the Divine Author of our blessed religion, and without a humble imitation of whose example in these things we can never hope to be a happy nation. Grant our supplication, we beseech Thee, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen."
-George Washington



"[W]hen People are universally ignorant, and debauched in their Manners, they will sink under their own weight without the Aid of foreign Invaders." --Samuel Adams

Life's truest heroes never carve their name
On marble columns built for their acclaim;
They build instead a legacy that springs
From faithful service to the King of kings. —Gustafson


A life lived for God leaves a lasting legacy.
"Among the features peculiar to the political system of the United States, is the perfect equality of rights which it secures to every religious sect."
--James Madison

"We have staked the whole future of American civilization, not upon the power of government, far from it. We have staked the future of all our political institutions upon the capacity of mankind for self-government, upon the capacity of each and all of us to govern ourselves, to control ourselves, to sustain ourselves according to the Ten Commandments of God."
James Madison

"It is too early for politicians to presume on our forgetting that the public good, the real welfare of the great body of the people, is the supreme object to be pursued; and that no form of government whatever has any other value than as it may be fitted for the attainment of this object."
--James Madison

"Go not for every grief to the physician, nor for every quarrel to the lawyer, nor for every thirst to the pot."
--George Herbert

"It is not my intention to do away with government. It is rather to make it work -- work with us, not over us; stand by our side, not ride on our back. Government can and must provide opportunity, not smother it; foster productivity, not stifle it."
--Ronald Reagan

"Take a look around you, America. Our nation is becoming less efficient, less productive, less secure and less educated than any time in our history. What is the common denominator in this equation? Government has gotten involved in more and more of our everyday routines. Government cannot protect you from every danger. It cannot efficiently run airlines. It cannot create meaningful, productive jobs in the private sector. It cannot run efficient, affordable healthcare. It cannot effectively protect the environment. It cannot provide a quality food supply. It cannot adequately provide for you in your old age. It cannot create energy. It cannot provide a quality lifestyle. And it cannot stop the threat of terrorism by putting you in a government data bank and tracking your every move. It can and will smother you with rules and regulations designed to perpetuate the growing power of government. That is what government does. Americans must learn that lesson or suffocate. Your papers, please."
--Tom DeWeese

"The same prudence which in private life would forbid our paying our own money for unexplained projects, forbids it in the dispensation of the public moneys."
--Thomas Jefferson

"The foundation of national morality must be laid in private families.... How is it possible that children can have any just sense of the sacred
obligations of morality or religion if, from their earliest infancy, they learn their mothers live in habitual infidelity to their fathers, and their fathers in as constant infidelity to their mothers?"
--John Adams

"I have disagreed with those in government.... But just to keep the record straight, let me make plain my criticism is not directed against this system of ours, which is unique in all the world. I criticize those I believe are turning away
from and repudiating the very principles which brought us greatness, eroding individual freedom, robbing us of independence
and the right to control our own destiny."
--Ronald Reagan

Dennis Miller said recently, regarding the judges who declared the Pledge of Allegiance unconstitutional:
"So, Your Honor, the Pledge is unconstitutional because it says 'Under God'.
Guess that means when you were sworn in with your hand on a Bible,and at the end of your oath repeated, 'So Help Me God' that makes your job unconstitutional, therefore you have no job,
which means your ruling doesn't mean crap."
Dennis Miller


The powers delegated by the proposed Constitution to the federal government are few and defined. Those which are to remain in the State governments are numerous and indefinite."
--James Madison


"Hold on, my friends, to the Constitution and to the Republic for which it stands. Miracles do not cluster, and what has happened once in 6000 years, may not happen again. Hold on to the Constitution, for if the American Constitution should fail, there will be anarchy throughout the world."
--Daniel Webster

On seperation of Church and State
It is impossible to build sound Constitutional doctrine on a mistaken understanding of Constitutional history... The establishment clause had been expressly freighted with
Jeffersons' misleading metaphor for nearly forty years... There is simply no historical foundation for the proposition that the framers intended to build a wall of seperation [between church and state]... The recent court decisions are in no way based on either the language or the intent of the framers.
William H. Rehnquist
1985 Assoc. Justice U.S. Supreme Court
Wallace vs Jafree


It cannot be emphasized to strongly or too often
that this great nation was founded, not by religionists but by Christians, not on religions,
but on the Gospel of Jesus Christ
For this very reason people of other faiths
have been afforded asylum, prosperity,
and freedom of worship here.
Patrick Henry


The Bible
The more profoundly we study this wonderful book, and the more closely we observe it's divine precepts,the higher will be our destiny as a nation President William McKinley,
Inaugural address
March 4, 1897


"A wise and frugal government, which shall restrain men from injuring one another, shall leave them otherwise free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned. This is the sum of good government
Thomas Jefferson


Who demands what is required of American Citizens If ye love wealth greater than Liberty,
the tranquility of servitude greater than
the animating contest for freedom,
go home from us in peace. We seek not your consul, nor your arms. Crouch down and lick the hand that feeds you. May your chains set lightly upon you, and may posterity forget ye were our countrymen.
-Samuel Adams

You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong,
You cannot help small men by tearing down big men,
You cannot help the poor by destroying the rich,
You cannot lift the wage earner
by pulling down the wage payer,
You cannot keep out of trouble
by spending more than your income,
You cannot futher the brotherhood of man
by inciting class hatreds,
You cannot establish security on borrowed money,
You cannot build character and courage
by taking away a man's incentive and independence,
You cannot help men permanently by doing for them what they could and should do for themselves.
-Abraham Lincoln

"It is easy to see that when republican virtue fails, slavery ensues."
--Thomas Paine

"..it does not require a majority to prevail, but rather an irate, tireless minority keen to set brush fires in people's minds.."
Samuel Adams

Our nation will prosper or decline in direct proportion to our selection of leaders who are guided by the Holy Spirit. If we fail to select Godly leaders our destiny will surely be as that of the Roman Empire.
"We are not going to tolerate these attacks from outlaw states, run by the strangest collection of misfits, looney tunes, and squalid criminals since the advent of the Third Reich."
-Ronald Reagan
(speaking after terrorist attacks by Shi'ite Muslims, July 1985)