"If a man will not work, he
shall not eat" (2 Thessalonians 3:10)
"Lazy hands make a man poor, but diligent hands bring
wealth." (The Bible)
"Property is the fruit of labor: property is desirable: is a positive
good in the world. That some should be rich shows that others may become rich, and hence is just encouragement to industry
and enterprise." (Abraham Licoln)
"The rich are not to give more than a half shekel and the
poor are not to give less." (Exodus 30:15)
"It is a wonderful fact that men and women saved
by the blood of Jesus rarely remain subjects of charity, but rise at once to comfort and respectability... I never saw a man
who put Christ first in his life that wasn't successful." (D.L. Moody)
"More men fail through
lack of purpose than lack of talent." (Billy Sunday)
"Let us remember there is not a poor person
in the United States who was not made poor by his own shortcomings." (Russell H. Conwell)
"A
democracy will continue to exist up until the time that voters discover that they can vote themselves generous gifts from
the public treasury. From that moment on, the majority always votes for the candidates who promise the most benefits from
the public treasury, with the result that every democracy will finally collapse due to loose fiscal policy, which is always
followed by a dictatorship." (Alexander Tyler - 1787)
"A good man leaves an inheritance for
his children's children." (Proverbs 13:22)
ON MORALITY, FAITH,
AND ACTIVISM:
"Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly
inadequate to the government of any other." (John Adams)
"The highest glory of the American
Revolution was this: it connected in one indissoluble bond the principles of civil government with the principles of Christianity."
(John Quincy Adams)
"This great nation was founded, not by religionists, but by Christians, not on
religions but on the gospel of Jesus Christ." (Patrick Henry)
"The Bible is the one
supreme source of revelation of the meaning of life, the nature of God and spiritual nature and need of men. It is the only
guide of life which really leads the spirit in the way of peace and salvation... America was born a Christian nation."
(George Washington)
"Of all the dispositions and habits that lead to political prosperity, religion
and morality are indispensable supports." (George Washington)
"The Bible is a book worth
more than all the other books that were ever printed." (Patrick Henry)
"God governs in the
affairs of men. And if a sparrow cannot fall to the ground without His notice is it probable that an empire can rise without
His aide?" (Benjamin Franklin)
"No nation has ever yet existed or been governed without religion.
Nor can be. The Christian religion is the best religion that has ever been given to man, and I as Chief Magistrate of this
nation am bound to give it the sanction of my example." (Thomas Jefferson)
"It is impossible
to rightly govern the world without God and the Bible." (George Washington)
"I have always
considered Christianity as the strong ground of republicanism." (Benjamin Rush)
"No human society
has ever been able to maintain both order and freedom, both cohesiveness and liberty apart from the moral precepts of the
Christian religion... Should our republic ever forget this fundamental precept of governance this great experiment will then
surely be doomed." (John Jay)
"No enactment of man can be considered law unless it conforms
to the law of God." (William Blackstone)
"While just government protects all in their religious
rights, true religion affords to government its surest support." (George Washington)
"Providence
has given to our people the choice of their rulers, and it is their duty, as well as privilege and interest, of our Christian
nation to select and prefer Christians for their rulers." (John Jay)
"What one generation tolerates,
the next generation will embrace." (John Wesley)
"Anyone, then, who knows
the good he ought to do and doesn't do it, sins." (The Bible)
"Evil
men do not understand justice, but those who seek the Lord understand it fully." (Proverbs 28:5)
"When the righteous thrive, the people rejoice; when the
wicked rule, the people groan." (Proverbs 29:2)
"Rebellion to
tyrants is obedience to God." (Benjamin Franklin)
"We must obey
God rather than men!" (Acts 5:29)
"If my people, who are called
by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven
and will forgive their sin and will heal their land." (2 Chronicles 7:14)
"For
the nation or kingdom that will not serve you will perish; it will be utterly ruined." (Isaiah 60:12)
"All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men
to do nothing" (Edmund Burke)
"My people are destroyed from lack
of knowledge." (Hosea 4:6)
"I know no way of judging
the future but by the past." (Patrick Henry)
"History, by apprizing
them of the past will enable them to judge of the future." (Thomas Jefferson)
"There
is nothing so absurd but if you repeat it often enough people will believe it." (Dr. William James
- On the "Seperation of Church and State")
"Where there is ignorance of God, the people run wild."
(The Bible)
"He who is not with me is against me." (Matthew and Luke)
"All
scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness."
(2 Timothy)
"Blessed are all who fear the lord, who walk in his ways. You will eat the fruit of your labor:
blessings and prosperity will be yours." (Psalm 128:1-2)
"It is for freedom that Christ has
set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery." (Galatians
5:1)
"The Congress of the United States recommends and approves the Holy Bible for use in all schools."
(U.S. Congress - 1782)
"If we were to remove the Bible from public schools we would be wasting so much time
punishing crimes and taking so little pains to prevent them." (Benjamin Rush)
"The great enemy
of the salvation of man, in my opinion, never invented a more effectual means of extirpating Christianity from the world than
by persuading mankind that it was improper to read the Bible at schools." (Benjamin Rush)
"But
seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well." (Matthew
6:33)
"We shall be as a city upon a hill, the eyes of all people are upon us." (John Winthrop)
"The
Americans combine the notions of Christianity and of liberty so intimately in their minds that it is impossible to make them
conceive one without the other." (Alexis de Tocqueville)
"I sought for the greatness and genius
of America in her commodious harbors and her ample rivers - and it was not there ... in her rich mines and her vast world
commerce - and it was not there ... in her democratic Congress and her matchless Constitution - and it was not there. Not
until I went into the churches of america and heard her pulpits flame with righteousness did I understand the secret of her
genius and power. America is great because she is good, and if America ever ceases to be good, America will cease to be great."
(Alexis de Tocqueville)
"Within the covers of that single Book [the Bible] are all the answers to all the problems
that face us today." (Ronald Reagan)
"If we ever forget that we are one nation under God, then
we will be a nation gone under." (Ronald Reagan)
"One thing I have learned about Christians,
having organized them for years - when they lose, they quit. And when they win they quit. We are just quitters."
(Rev. Jerry Falwell)
"God will bless or curse this nation, according to the course Christians take."
(Rev. Charles G. Finney)
"The man who reads nothing at all is better educated than the man who reads nothing
but newspapers." (Thomas Jefferson)
"Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord."
(Psalm 33:12)
ON COLLECTIVISM AND ATHEISM:
"The
duel between Christianity and atheism is the most important in the world, and the struggle between individualism and collectivism
is the same struggle reproduced on another level." (William F. Buckley Jr.)
"The theory of
Communism may be summed up in one sentence: Abolish all private property." (Karl Marx)
"Nothing
is easier than to give Christian asceticism a Socialist tinge." (Karl Marx - Communist Manifesto)
"Any
man under 30 who is not a liberal has no heart, and any man over 30 who is not a conservative has no brains."
(Winston Churchill)
