John Adams:
Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other. - October 11, 1798

The general principles upon which the Fathers achieved independence were the general principals of Christianity. I will avow that I believed and now believe that those general principles of Christianity are as eternal and immutable as the existence and attributes of God. - John Adams in a letter written to Abigail on the day the Declaration was approved by Congress

I have examined all religions, as well as my narrow sphere, my straightened means, and my busy life, would allow; and the result is that the Bible is the best Book in the world. It contains more philosophy than all the libraries I have seen. - December 25, 1813 letter to Thomas Jefferson

Sam Adams:
He who made all men hath made the truths necessary to human happiness obvious to all… Our forefathers opened the Bible to all. - August 1, 1776. Speech delivered at the State House in Philadelphia

John Quincy Adams:
Why is it that, next to the birthday of the Savior of the world, your most joyous and most venerated festival returns on this day, the Fourth of July. Is it not that, in the chain of human events, the birthday of the nation is indissolubly linked with the birthday of the Savior? That it forms a leading event in the progress of the Gospel dispensation? Is it not that the Declaration of Independence first organized the social compact on the foundation of the Redeemer's mission upon earth? That it laid the cornerstone of human government upon the first precepts of Christianity"? - 1837, at the age of 69, when he delivered a Fourth of July speech at Newburyport, Massachusetts.

Benjamin Franklin:
God governs in the affairs of man. And if a sparrow cannot fall to the ground without his notice, is it probable that an empire can rise without His aid? We have been assured in the Sacred Writings that except the Lord build the house, they labor in vain that build it. I firmly believe this. I also believe that, without His concurring aid, we shall succeed in this political building no better than the builders of Babel - Constitutional Convention of 1787

In the beginning of the contest with Britain, when we were sensible of danger, we had daily prayers in this room for Divine protection. Our prayers, Sir, were heard, and they were graciously answered… do we imagine we no longer need His assistance?” - Constitutional Convention, Thursday June 28, 1787

This school is dedicated to teach school teach "the excellency of the Christian religion above all others, ancient or modern." - Benjamin Franklin's 1749 plan of education for public schools in Pennsylvania.

Alexander Hamilton:
The two things which Hamilton said made America great:
(1) Christianity
(2) A Constitution formed under Christianity. - Hamilton on the formation of the Christian Constitutional Society to help spread over the world.

"I have a tender reliance on the mercy of the Almighty, through the merits of the Lord Jesus Christ. I am a sinner. I look to Him for mercy; pray for me.

For my own part, I sincerely esteem it (the Constitution) a system which without the finger of God, never could have been suggested and agreed upon by such a diversity of interests." - 1787 after the Constitutional Convention

I have carefully examined the evidences of the Christian religion, and if I was sitting as a juror upon its authenticity I would unhesitatingly give my verdict in its favor. I can prove its truth as clearly as any proposition ever submitted to the mind of man". - On July 12, 1804 The Day of his death.

Patrick Henry:
This is all the inheritance I can give my dear family. The religion of Christ can give them one which will make them rich indeed.” - His Last Will and Testament

“It cannot be emphasized too clearly and too often that this nation was founded, not by religionists, but by Christians; not on religion, but on the gospel of Jesus Christ. For this very reason, peoples of other faiths have been afforded asylum, prosperity, and freedom of worship here.” - May 1765 Speech to the House of Burgesses

Thomas Jefferson:
The doctrines of Jesus are simple, and tend to all the happiness of man. Of all the systems of morality, ancient or modern which have come under my observation, none appears to me so pure as that of Jesus. I am a real Christian, that is to say, a disciple of the doctrines of Jesus.

God who gave us life gave us liberty. And can the liberties of a nation be thought secure when we have removed their only firm basis, a conviction in the minds of the people that these liberties are a gift from God? That they are not to be violated but with His wrath?

Indeed I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just, and that His justice cannot sleep forever.” Excerpts inscribed on the walls of the Jefferson Memorial

James Madison:
We’ve staked our future on our ability to follow the Ten Commandments with all of our heart. We have staked the whole future of American civilization, not upon the power of government, far from it. We’ve staked the future of all our political institutions upon our capacity…to sustain ourselves according to the Ten Commandments of God. - 1778 to the General Assembly of the State of Virginia

At the Constitutional Convention of 1787, James Madison proposed the plan to divide the central government into three branches. He discovered this model of government from the Perfect Governor, as he read Isaiah 33:22;

“For the LORD is our judge, the LORD is our lawgiver, the LORD is our king"

George Washington:
It is impossible to rightly govern the world without God and Bible. What students would learn in American schools above all is the religion of Jesus Christ. - Speech to the Delaware Indian Chiefs May 12, 1779

To the distinguished character of patriot, it should be our highest glory to add the more distinguished character of Christian - May 2, 1778, at Valley Forge

During his inauguration, Washington took the oath as prescribed by the Constitution but added several religious components to that official ceremony. Before taking his oath of office, he summoned a Bible on which to take the oath, added the words “So help me God!” to the end of the oath, then leaned over and kissed the Bible.