During America’s long 240 plus year history many of our US Presidents have understood how governing this great country of our would not be possible if it didn’t rely on many of the principles shared from the Bible. In addition, these Presidents held the Bible in highest esteem for the incredible wisdom contained in its sacred pages. May the following quotes from many of our supreme leaders give you a flavor for their reverence for the Holy Scriptures:1
“It is the duty of nations as well as men to recognize the truth announced in Holy Scripture and proven by all of history that those nations only are blessed whose God is the Lord.” – Abraham Lincoln, 16th President
“I do believe in Almighty God! And I believe also in the Bible… Let us look forward to the time when we can take the flag of our country and nail it below the Cross, and there let it wave as it waved in the olden times, and let us gather around it and inscribed for our motto: “Liberty and Union, one and inseparable, now and forever,” and exclaim, Christ first, our country next!” – Andrew Johnson, 17th President
“Almost every man who has by his life-work added to the sum of human achievement of which the race is proud, of which our people are proud, almost every such man has based his life-work largely upon the teachings of the Bible.” – Theodore Roosevelt, 26th President
“We cannot read the history of our rise and development as a nation, without reckoning with the place the Bible has occupied in shaping the advances of the Republic. Where we have been the truest and most consistent in obeying its precepts, we have attained the greatest measure of contentment and prosperity.” – Franklin Roosevelt, 32nd President
“The spirit of man is more important than mere physical strength, and the spiritual fiber of a nation than its wealth. The Bible is endorsed by the ages. Our civilization is built upon its words. In no other book is there such a collection of inspired wisdom, reality, and hope.” – Dwight D. Eisenhower, 34th President
“Inside the Bible’s pages lie the answers to all the problems that mankind has ever known. I hope Americans will read and study the Bible.” – Ronald Reagan, 40th President
“The Bible is the one supreme source of revelation of the meaning of life, the nature of God, and spiritual nature and needs 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. America was born to exemplify that devotion to the elements of righteousness which are derived from the revelations of Holy Scripture.” – Woodrow Wilson, 28th President
“The fundamental basis of this nation’s laws was given to Moses on the Mount. The fundamental basis of our Bill of Rights comes from the teachings we get from Exodus and Saint Matthew, from Isaiah and Saint Paul. I don’t think we emphasize that enough these days. If we don’t have a proper fundamental moral background, we will finally end up with a totalitarian government which does not believe in rights for anybody except the State!” –Harry S. Truman, 33rd President
“So great is my veneration for the Bible and so strong my belief that when duly read and meditated upon, it is of all the books in the world, that which contributes most to make men good, wise, and happy.” – John Quincy Adams, 6th President
“The strength of our country is the strength of its religious convictions. The foundations of our society and our government rest so much on the teachings of the Bible that it would be difficult to support them if faith in these teachings would cease to be practically universal in our country.” – Calvin Coolidge, 30th President
“A thorough knowledge of the Bible is worth more than a college education.” – Theodore Roosevelt, 26th President
“The study of the Bible is a post-graduate course in the richest library of human experience.” – Hebert Hoover, 31th President
“Of the many influences that have shaped the United States into a distinctive nation and people, none may be said to be more fundamental and enduring than the Bible.” – Ronald Reagan, 40th President
“I have examined all religions, and the result is that the Bible is the best book in the world.” – John Adams, 2nd President
1 All quotes are from the following 3 websites:
Christian Presidential Quotes: 22 Awesome Sayings (whatchristianswanttoknow.com)
presidential quotes on God and the Bible (alittleperspective.com)