The Founders on Religion: A Book of QuotationsJames H. Hutson Princeton University Press, 10.11.2009 - 288 Seiten What did the founders of America think about religion? Until now, there has been no reliable and impartial compendium of the founders' own remarks on religious matters that clearly answers the question. This book fills that gap. A lively collection of quotations on everything from the relationship between church and state to the status of women, it is the most comprehensive and trustworthy resource available on this timely topic. |
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... never became a bona fide member because of his approval of defensive warfare. Benjamin Franklin (1706–1790). The first great American scientist. The colonies' principal agent at the British court, xxii Founding Generation Members Quoted ...
... never rise or go to bed without humbling yourself in fervent prayer before your God, and crave his all powerful grace to overcome your vicious and intemperate habit; meditate on the end of your creation, and the dreadful consequences of ...
... never know it. We shall never resent the Imposition, be grateful for the Illusion, nor grieve for the disappointment. John Adams to Thomas Jefferson, May 3, 1816. Cappon, Adams- Jefferson Letters, 2:471. I know not how to prove ...
... never shall be quenched.” John Dickinson, “Religious Instruction for Youth,” undated. R. R. Logan Papers, Historical Society of Pennsylvania. Your frequently repeated Wishes and Prayers for my Eternal as well as temporal Happiness are ...
... never lose again. Thomas Jefferson to John Adams, November 13, 1818. Ibid., 2:529. Life's visions are vanished, its dreams are no more; Dear. Thomas Jefferson to John Page, June 25, 1804. Jefferson Papers, Library of Congress. Thomas ...