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George Washington
Father of our
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1st President
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George Washington
- 1st President of the United States In his
"Inaugural Address."
"It would be peculiarly improper to omit,
in this first official act, my fervent supplications
to that Almighty Being who rules over the universe,
who presides in the councils of nations, and whose
providential aids can supply every human defect...No
people can be bound to acknowledge and adore the Invisible
Hand which conducts the affairs of men more than those
of the United States."
(source: Annals of Congress (1834),
Vol. I pp.27-28, April 29th, 1789.)
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George
Washington
"True religion affords to government its surest
support."
(Source: George Washington, The
Writings of George Washington, Jared Sparks, editor
(Boston: Ferdinand Andrews, 1838), Vol.XII,pp. 166-167,
to the synod of the Dutch Reformed Church in North
America in October 1789.)
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George Washington
"Reason and experience both forbid us
to expect that national morality can prevail in the
exclusion of religious principle…"
(Source: George Washington, address
of George Washington, President of the United States…Preparatory
to his declination ( Baltimore: George and Henry S
Keatinge, 1796), pp.22-23.)
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George Washington
"Of all the dispositions and habits which
lead to political prosperity, religion and morality
are indispensable supports. In vain would that man
claim the tribute of patriotism who should labor to
subvert these great pillars of human happiness."
(Source: George Washington, Address
of George Washington, President of the United States…Preparatory
to his declination ( Baltimore: George and henry S.
Keatinge, 1796), pp.22-23.)
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George Washington
"We ought to be no less persuaded that
the propitious [favorable] smiles of heaven can never
be expected on a nation that disregards the eternal
rules of order and right which Heaven itself has ordained."
(Source: Annals of Congress ( 1834)
Vol. I, pp. 27-28, April 30, 1789.)
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George Washington
"You do well to learn our arts and ways
of life, and above all, the religion of Jesus Christ.
These will make you a greater and happier people than
you are. Congress will do everything they can to assist
you in this wise intention."
Source: George Washington, The
Writings of George Washington, John C. Fitzpatrick,
editor
( Washington, D.C.:W.S. Government Printing Office,
1932), Vol.XV, p.55, from his speech
to the Delaware Indian Chiefs on May 12, 1779.
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George Washington
I now make it my earnest prayer that God would
have you, and the states over which you preside, in
His holy protection…that He would most graciously
be pleased to dispose us all to do justice, to love
mercy, and to demean ourselves with that charity,
humility, and pacific temper of mind which were the
characteristics of the Divine Author of our blessed
religion, without an humble imitation of whose example,
we can never hope to be a happy nation.
Source: George Washington, The
Last Official Address of His Excellency George Washington
to the Legislature of the United States ( Hartford:Hudson
and Goodwin, 1783 ), p.12.
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George Washington
I am sure there never was a people who had
more reason to acknowledge a Divine interposition
in their affairs than those of the United States.
Source: Washington, Writings (1838),
Vol.X, pp.222-223, to John Armstrong on March 11,
1792
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George Washington
The General hopes and trusts that every officer
and man will endeavor so to live as becomes a Christian
soldier defending the dearest rights and liberties
of his country.
Source: Washington, Writings (1932)
, Vol. V, pp244-245, July 9, 1776.
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