From the beginning of America's history as a nation, the Justices who served in the courtrooms of America were men of faith in Almighty God, men who understood the principles of the Bible on which our Constitution had been founded. They took to heart what George Washington said in his first Inaugural Address of 1789: "We ought to be no less persuaded that the propitious smiles of Heaven can never be expected of a nation that disregards the eternal rules of order and right which Heaven itself ordained." Here are some of those statements made in America's courtrooms by men who were experts in their knowledge of the United States Constitution.
 | | "The morality of the country is deeply ingrafted upon Christianity, and not upon the doctrines or worship of other religions. In people whose manners are refined, and whose morals have been elevated and inspired with a more enlarged benevolence, it is by means of the Christian religion." "Why may not the Bible, and especially the New Testament be read and taught as a divine revelation in the school? Where can the purest principles of morality be learned so clearly or so perfectly as from the New Testament?" Passed a resolution which stated: "The great vital conservative element in our system (of government) is the belief of our people in the pure doctrines and divine truths of the gospel of Jesus Christ." |
"The happiness of a people and the good order and preservation of civil government essentially depend upon piety, religion and morality." "Religion, morality, and knowledge are necessary to good government, the preservation of liberty, and the happiness of mankind." "The morality of the country is deeply ingrafted upon Christianity, and not upon doctrines or worship of other religions." "Our laws and institutions must necessarily be based upon and embody the teachings of the Redeemer of mankind. It is impossible that it should be otherwise; and in this sense and to this extent our civilization and our institutions are emphatically Christian...this is a Christian nation." "Religion must be considered as the foundation on which the whole structure (the United States Constitution) rests. In this age there can be no substitute for Christianity; the great conservative element on which we must rely for the purity and permanence of free institutions." "The great vital and conservative element in our system (our nation's government) is the belief of our people in the pure doctrines and divine truths of the Gospel of Jesus Christ." "Offenses against religion and morality strikes at the root of moral obligation, and weaken the security of the social ties..This First Amendment declaration never mean't to withdraw religion. And with it the sanctions of moral and social obligation from all consideration and notice of the law." | |  |
"The destruction of morality renders the power of the government invalid." "A malicious intention to vilify the Christian religion and the scriptures, would prove a nursery of vice, a school of preparation to qualify young men for the gallows, and young women for the brothel, and there is not a skeptic of decent manners and good morals, who would not consider such a common nuisance and disgrace." "No free government now exists in the world, unless where Christianity is acknowledged, and is the religion of the country. Christianity is part of the common law. Its foundations are broad and strong and deep. It is the purest system of morality and only stable support of all human laws." "Christianity has reference to the principles of right and wrong; It is the foundation of those morals and manners upon which our society is formed; it is their basis. Remove this and they would fall. Morality has grown upon the basis of Christianity." "What constitutes the standard of good morals? Is it not Christianity? There certainly is none other. Say that cannot be appealed to, and what would be good morals? The day of moral virtue in which we live would, in an instant, if that standard were abolished, lapse into the dark and murky night of immorality." "Human law must rest its authority ultimately upon the authority of that law which is divine...Far from being rivals or enemies, religion and law are twin sisters, friends, and mutual assistants." "I think the Christian religion is a Divine institution; and I pray to God that I may never forget the precepts of His religion or suffer the appearance of an inconsistency in my principle and practice." "You ask me what I think of Christ? He is the Chiefest among ten thousand, and altogether lovely..my Lord, my Saviour, and my God. What do I think of the Bible? It is the infallible Word of God, a light erected all along the shores of time to warn against the rocks and breakers, and to show the only way to the harbor of eternal rest." "The American nation from its first settlement at Jamestown to this hour is based upon and permeated by the principles of the Bible." America's 1st Chief Justice - "Providence (God) has given to our people the choice of their rulers. And it is the duty as well as the privilege and interest, of a Christian nation to select and prefer Christians for their rulers." "We are a religious people and our institutions presuppose a Supreme Being."
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