“Suppose a nation in some distant region should take the Bible for their only law book, and every member should regulate his conduct by the precepts there exhibited! Every member would be obliged in conscience, to temperance, frugality, and industry; to justice, kindness, and charity towards his fellow men; and to piety, love and reverence toward Almighty God… What a Utopia, what a Paradise would this region be.”
– John Adams
“The Bible is the Rock upon which this Republic rests”
– Andrew Jackson
“So great is my veneration for the Bible that the earlier my children begin to read it, the more confident will be my hope that they will prove useful citizens to their country and respectable members of society”
– John Quincy Adams
“Hold fast to the Bible as the sheet anchor of your liberties, write its precepts on your hearts and practice them in your lives”
– Ulysses S. Grant
“To the influence of this book we are indebted for all the progress made in true civilization and to this we must look as our guide in the future”
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