Christian Quotes from the Founding Fathers

Early in the twentieth century, secularist, atheists, and others despising America's Christian Founding Fathers began to disparage the character of those who birthed America as an independent nation. This attack upon the Christian origin of America only intensified throughout the twentieth century, editing the Christian influence out of school textbooks. For this reason, it is incumbent upon American patriots to set the facts straight.

Christian Quotes from the Founding Fathers is a brief summary of some of the most important Founding Fathers concerning their Christian convictions and public life. Businesses, churches, organizations, and individuals may help correct the deception of the Left with primary quotations and references to sources. Quotes are provided from...

George Washington—"Father of the Nation"

Benjamin Franklin—signer of the Declaration of Independence

Dr. Benjamin Rush—one of three of the most important Founding Fathers

Samuel Adams—Father of the American Revolution

Thomas Jefferson—signer of the Declaration of Independence, diplomat, governor of Virginia, Secretary of State, and Third President of the United States

John Adams—signer of the Declaration of Independence and Bill of Rights

John Quincy Adams—son of John Adams—the sixth President of the United States

Joseph Story—U.S. Supreme Court Justice and Father of American Jurisprudence.

Charles Thomson—Secretary of the Continental Congress (from 1774 to 1789) and designer of the Great Seal of the United State

Noah Webster—Revolutionary soldier, judge, legislator, educator, and “Schoolmaster to America”

John Jay—president of Congress, diplomat, co-author of the Federalist Papers, Original Chief Justice of the U. S. Supreme Court, Governor of New York, and president of the American Bible Society

Congress—the generations that followed the Founders recognized the Christian foundation upon which American had been laid.

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