What They Said!

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

Thomas Jefferson said, “The reason that Christianity is the best friend of government is because Christianity is the only religion in the world that deals with the heart.”

Benjamin Franklin said in 1774, “He who shall introduce into public affairs the principles of Christianity will change the face of the world.”

George Washington said, “Reason and experience both forbid us to expect that national morality can prevail in exclusion of religious principle.”

French writer and political thinker Alexis de Tocqueville, after visiting America in 1831, said, “I sought for the greatness of the United States in her commodious harbors, her ample rivers, her fertile fields, and boundless forests—and it was not there. I sought for it in her rich mines, her vast world commerce, her public school system, and in her institutions of higher learning—and it was not there. I looked for it in her democratic Congress and her matchless Constitution—and it was not there. Not until I went into the churches of America and heard her pulpits flame with righteousness did I understand the secret of her genius and power. America is great because America is good, and if America ever ceases to be good, America will cease to be great!”

Dr. David E. Owen