The united states of america was founded under christian values.

I'm also busy, as I'm preparing for AP exams.But I've got a bevy of quotes of my own. John Adams: "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 Eutopia, what a Paradise would this region be." "The general principles, on which the Fathers achieved independence, were the only Principles in which that beautiful Assembly of young Gentlemen could Unite, and these Principles only could be intended by them in their address, or by me in my answer. And what were these general Principles? I answer, the general Principles of Christianity, in which all these Sects were United: And the general Principles of English and American Liberty, in which all those young Men United, and which had United all Parties in America, in Majorities sufficient to assert and maintain her Independence." "The Declaration of Independence laid the cornerstone of human government upon the first precepts of Christianity." "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." "Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other." "[The Fourth of July] ought to be commemorated as the day of deliverance by solemn acts of devotion to God Almighty." "As the safety and prosperity of nations ultimately and essentially depend on the protection and the blessing of Almighty God, and the national acknowledgment of this truth is not only an indispensable duty which the people owe to Him." "It is religion and morality alone which can establish the principles upon which freedom can securely stand. The only foundation of a free constitution is pure virtue." John Hancock: "Resistance to tyranny becomes the Christian and social duty of each individual. ... Continue steadfast and, with a proper sense of your dependence on God, nobly defend those rights which heaven gave, and no man ought to take from us." Samuel Adams: "And as it is our duty to extend our wishes to the happiness of the great family of man, I conceive that we cannot better express ourselves than by humbly supplicating the Supreme Ruler of the world that the rod of tyrants may be broken to pieces, and the oppressed made free again; that wars may cease in all the earth, and that the confusions that are and have been among nations may be overruled by promoting and speedily bringing on that holy and happy period when the kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ may be everywhere established, and all people everywhere willingly bow to the sceptre of Him who is Prince of Peace." George Washington: "It is impossible to rightly govern the world without God and the Bible." "Of all the dispositions and habits which lead to political prosperity, Religion and Morality are indispensable supports".Let it simply be asked, Where is the security for property, for reputation, for life, if the sense of religious obligation desert the oaths, which are the instruments of investigation in Courts of Justice? And let us with caution indulge the supposition that morality can be maintained without religion. Whatever may be conceded to the influence of refined education on minds of peculiar structure, reason and experience both forbid us to expect that National morality can prevail in exclusion of religious principle." "True religion affords to government its surest support." United States Congress 1782: "The United States in Congress assembled " recommend this edition of the Bible to the inhabitants of the United States " a neat edition of the Holy Scriptures for the use of schools." "Congress passed this resolution: "The Congress of the United States recommends and approves the Holy Bible for use in all schools." Patrick Henry has a good one: "It cannot be emphasized too strongly or too often that this great Nation was founded not by religionists, but by Christians; not on religions, but on the Gospel of Jesus Christ." John Jay: "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." Noah Webster: "Education is useless without the Bible. The Bible was America"s basic text book in all fields. God"s Word, contained in the Bible, has furnished all necessary rules to direct our conduct." "In my view, the Christian religion is the most important and one of the first things in which all children, under a free government ought to be instructed " No truth is more evident to my mind than that the Christian religion must be the basis of any government intended to secure the rights and privileges of a free people." Here are my sources: http://www.shadesofgrace.org... http://christianity.about.com...