The Presidents have had many different views on religion and its place in the political landscape. Here are a few of the early Presidents thoughts on religion:
[blockquote cite=”George Washington”]It is impossible to rightly govern the world without God and the Bible. [/blockquote]
[blockquote cite=”George Washington”]The United States of America should have a foundation free from the influence of clergy. [/blockquote]
[blockquote cite=”John Adams”]As I understand the Christian religion, it was, and is, a revelation. But how has it happened that millions of fables, tales, legends, have been blended with both Jewish and Christian revelation that have made them the most bloody religion that ever existed. [/blockquote]
[blockquote cite=”John Adams”]The government of the United States is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion. [/blockquote]
[blockquote cite=”Thomas Jefferson”]Christianity neither is, nor ever was, a part of common law. [/blockquote]
[blockquote cite=”Thomas Jefferson”]Religion is a subject on which I have ever been most scrupulously reserved. I have considered it as a matter between every man and his Maker, in which no other, and far less the public, had a right to intermeddle. [/blockquote]
[blockquote cite=”Thomas Jefferson”]The Giver of life gave it for happiness and not for wretchedness. [/blockquote]
[blockquote cite=”James Madison”]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. [/blockquote]
[blockquote cite=”James Madison”]The purpose of separation of church and state is to keep forever from these shores the ceaseless strife that has soaked the soil of Europe in blood for centuries. [/blockquote]
[blockquote cite=”Andrew Jackson”]The Bible is the rock on which the Republic rests. [/blockquote]
