The Times They Are A-CHANGE-in'

We are no longer a Christian Nation
- President Barack Hussein Obama


Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD, The people He has chosen as His own inheritance. (Psalm 33:12)


Famous American History Quotes About God and the Bible


George Washington - first President of the United States of America

What students would learn in American schools above all is the religion of Jesus Christ.
- George Washington

It is impossible to rightly govern the world without God and the Bible.
- George Washington

It is the duty of all nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God, to obey His will, to be grateful for His benefits, and humbly to implore His protection and favor.
- George Washington


Samuel Adams, Signer of the Declaration of Independence

I ... [rely] upon the merits of Jesus Christ for a pardon of all my sins.
- Samuel Adams

The name of the Lord (says the Scripture) is a strong tower; thither the righteous flee and are safe (Proverbs 18:10). Let us secure His favor and He will lead us through the journey of this life and at length receive us to a better.
- Samuel Adams


United States Congressional Endorsement of the Bible and God

Congress printed a Bible for America and said:
"The United States in Congress assembled ... recommend this edition of the Bible to the inhabitants of the United States ... a neat edition of the Holy Scriptures for the use of schools."
- United States Congress 1782


Congress passed this resolution:
"The Congress of the United States recommends and approves the Holy Bible for use in all schools."
- United States Congress 1782

By Law the United States Congress adds to US coinage:
"In God We Trust"
- United States Congress 1864


John Adams, President of the United States of America and Signer of the Declaration of Independence

The Declaration of Independence laid the cornerstone of human government upon the first precepts of Christianity.
- John Adams

The general principles on which the fathers achieved independence were the general principles of Christianity. I will avow that I then believed, and now believe, that those general principles of Christianity are as eternal and immutable as the existence and attributes of God.
- John Adams

The highest glory of the American Revolution was this: it connected, in one indissoluble bond, the principles of civil government with the principles of Christianity.
- John Adams

Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.
- John Adams

I have examined all religions, and the result is that the Bible is the best book in the world.
- John Adams

The Christian religion is, above all the religions that ever prevailed or existed in ancient or modern times, the religion of wisdom, virtue, equity and humanity.
- John Adams

[The Fourth of July] ought to be commemorated as the day of deliverance by solemn acts of devotion to God Almighty.
- John Adams


Patrick Henry, Early America Leader

There is a book [the Bible] worth all the other books ever printed.
- Patrick Henry

It cannot be emphasized too 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.
- Patrick Henry


John Jay, First Chief-Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court

Providence has given to our people the choice of their rulers, and it is their duty - as well as privilege and interest - of our Christian nation to select and prefer Christians for their rulers.
- John Jay

The Bible is the best of all books, for it is the word of God and teaches us the way to be happy in this world and in the next. Continue therefore to read it and to regulate your life by its precepts.
- John Jay


Daniel Webster, Early American Politician

Education is useless without the Bible.
- Daniel Webster


Noah Webster, American Schoolmaster

Education is useless without the Bible. The Bible was America’s basic text book in all fields. God’s Word, contained in the Bible, has furnished all necessary rules to direct our conduct.
- Noah Webster


National Anthem of the United States of America, Francis Scott Key

"And this be our motto, 'In God is our trust'"
- USA National Anthem, Third Verse


Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States of America

In regards to this great Book [the Bible], I have but to say it is the best gift God has given to man. All the good the Savior gave to the world was communicated through this Book. But for it we could not know right from wrong. All things most desirable for man's welfare, here and hereafter, are found portrayed in it.
- Abraham Lincoln

I am busily engaged in study of the Bible.
- Abraham Lincoln


Ronald Reagan, President of the United States of America

Of the many influences that have shaped the United States into a distinctive nation and people, none may be said to be more fundamental and enduring than the Bible.
- Ronald Reagan


Northwest Ordinance, July 13, 1787

Religion, morality, and knowledge, being necessary to good government and the happiness of mankind, schools and the means of education shall forever be encouraged.
- Northwest Ordinance, Article 3


Original Harvard University Student Handbook 1636

Let every student be plainly instructed and earnestly pressed to consider well: the main end of his life and studies is "to know God and Jesus Christ, which is eternal life" (John 17.3), and therefore to lay Christ in the bottom, as the only foundation of all sound knowledge and learning. And seeing the Lord only giveth wisdom, let everyone seriously set himself by prayer in secret to seek it of Him (Prov. 2.3).
- Original Harvard University Student Handbook


William McGuffy, author of McGuffy Reader, which was used for over 100 years in American schools as the primary textbook

The Christian religion is the religion of our country. From it are derived our nation, on the character of God, on the great moral Governor of the universe. On its doctrines are founded the peculiarities of our free Institutions. From no source has this author drawn more conspicuously than from the sacred Scriptures. From all these extracts from the Bible, I make no apology.
- William McGuffy, author of McGuffy Reader

(from: Pray Daily America)