Foundational Quotes

Actual quotes (I’m pretty sure of that) from some founding fathers and other wise dead men. On this Independence Day, remember the foundations upon which this great nation began, and also remember where true Independence, true Freedom, comes from. Remember the freedom we have in Christ!

“We
hold these Truths to be self-evident, that all Men are created equal, that they
are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these
are Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness – That to secure these Rights,
Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just Powers from the
Consent of the Governed…” -The Declaration of
Independence

“The sacred rights of mankind are
not to be rummaged for, among old parchments, or musty records. They are
written, as with a sun beam in the whole volume of human nature, by the hand of
the divinity itself; and can never be erased or obscured by mortal power.”
-Alexander
Hamilton

“We
have no government armed with power capable of contending with human passions
unbridled by morality and religion…Our Constitution was made only for a moral
and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.”
-John
Adams

“Upon my arrival in the United
States, the religious aspect of the country was
the first thing that struck my attention…The Americans combine the notions of
Christianity and of liberty so intimately in their minds, that it is impossible
to make them conceive the one without the other.” -Alexis de Tocqueville, French
Historian

“The religion which has introduced
civil liberty, is the religion of Christ and his apostles, which enjoins
humility, piety and benevolence; which acknowledges in every person a brother,
or a sister, and a citizen with equal rights. This is genuine Christianity, and
to this we owe our free constitutions of government.” -Noah Webster

“Of
all the dispositions and habits, which lead to political prosperity, religion
and morality are indispensable supports. Whatever may be conceded to the
influence of refined education on minds of peculiar structure, reason and
experience both forbid us to expect that national morality can prevail in
exclusion of religious principle.” -George
Washington

“Those people who will not be
governed by God will be ruled by tyrants.” -William Penn

“The right to freedom being the gift
of the Almighty…The rights of the colonists as Christians…may be best
understood by reading and carefully studying the institution of The Great Law
Giver and Head of the Christian Church, which are to be found clearly written
and promulgated in the New Testament.” -Samuel
Adams

God Bless the USA!

Happy Fourth of July!!!