Intelligence, patriotism, Christianity, and a firm reliance on Him, who has never yet forsaken this favored land, are still competent to adjust, in the best way, all our present difficulty.
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Intelligence, patriotism, Christianity, and a firm reliance on Him, who has never yet forsaken this favored land, are still competent to adjust, in the best way, all our present difficulty.
I was born an American; I will live an American; I shall die an American.
The foundations of our society and our government rest so much on the teachings of the Bible that it would be difficult to support them if faith in these teachings would cease to be practically universal in our country.
Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.
If we ever forget that we are One Nation Under God, then we will be a nation gone under.
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.
The God who gave us life, gave us liberty at the same time.
It is the duty of all nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God.
We have this day restored the Sovereign to Whom all men ought to be obedient. He reigns in heaven and from the rising to the setting of the sun, let His kingdom come.
In the beginning of a change the patriot is a scarce man, and brave, and hated and scorned. When his cause succeeds, the timid join him, for then it costs nothing to be a patriot.
Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must, like men, undergo the fatigue of supporting it.
The rights of man come not from the generosity of the state but from the hand of God.
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