The Christian Religion by David Barton

The Declaration of Independence first organized the social compact on the foundation of the Redeemer’s mission upon earth and laid the cornerstone of human government upon the first precepts of Christianity.  John Quincy Adams

The Christian religion its general principles must ever be regarded among us as the foundation of civil society. Daniel Webster

True religion always enlarges the heart and strengthens the social tie. John Witherspoon

Before any man can be considered as a member of civil society, he must be considered as a subject of the Governor of the Universe. James Madison

The study and practice of law does not dissolve the obligations of morality or of religion. John Adams

I have always considered Christianity as the strong ground of republicanism.  It is only necessary for republicanism to ally itself to the Christian religion to overturn all the corrupted political and religious institutions in the world. Benjamin Rush, Signer of the Declaration

The religion which has introduced civil liberty is the religion of Christ and his apostles and to this we owe our free constitutions of government. Noah Webster

National prosperity can neither be attained nor preserved without the favor of Providence. John Jay, Original Chief Justice U.S. Supreme Court

As guardians of the prosperity, liberty, and morals of the State, we are therefore bound by every injunction of patriotism and wisdom to patronize public improvements and to cherish all institutions for the diffusion of religious knowledge and for the promotion of virtue and piety. Daniel Tompkins, Governor of New York; Vice President of the United States

Nowhere can it be demonstrated that the Founders desired to secularize official society and “create a complete separation of the spheres of religious activity and civil authority.” The Abington decision represented a further step in the devolution of the First Amendment by rewriting the intent of those who created the Constitution and Bill of Rights. Walz v. Tax Commission of the City of New York, 1970

Rather than any direct issue of religious expression, this case addressed the constitutionality of tax exemptions for churches. Ironically, the Court began by congratulating itself: