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

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

John Adams

Bible, God, Religious

John Adams, Charles Francis Adams (1854). “Works: with a life of the author”, p.229

We Recognize No Sovereign but God, and no King but Jesus!

John Adams

Bible, God, Religious

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

John Adams

Bible, God, Religious

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

John Adams

Bible, God, Religious

It is the duty of all men in society, publicly, and at stated seasons, to worship the SUPREME BEING, the great Creator and Preserver of the universe. And no subject shall be hurt, molested, or restrained, in his person, liberty, or estate, for worshipping GOD in the manner most agreeable to the dictates of his own conscience; or for his religious profession or sentiments; provided he doth not disturb the public peace, or obstruct others in their religious worship.

John Adams

God, Religious, Hurt

John Adams, George A. Peek, Jr. (2003). “The Political Writings of John Adams: Representative Selections”, p.96, Hackett Publishing

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

Bible, God, Religious

John Adams (2015). “The Works of John Adams Vol. 10: Letters and State Papers 1811 - 1825”, p.38, Jazzybee Verlag

As the safety and prosperity of nations ultimately and essentially depend on the protection and the blessing of Almighty God, and the national acknowledgment of this truth is not only an indispensable duty which the people owe to Him.

John Adams

Bible, God, Religious

John Adams, Charles Francis Adams (1854). “The Works of John Adams, Second President of the United States: With a Life of the Author, Notes and Illustrations”, p.169

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

Bible, God, Christian

John Adams, Charles Francis Adams (1851). “The Works of John Adams, Second President of the United States: With a Life of the Author, Notes and Illustrations”, p.421