Did George Washington say its is impossible to rightly Govern a nation without God and the Bible?

Answer 1

No, he never said it.

Many of today's religious followers mistakenly believe that the founding fathers based the entire form of government on the Christian faith. The reality is that we were breaking up with a country (England) that had a singular religious dogma (the Church of England) where the king was not just head of state, but was also the head of the church. In short, Church and state were (and to an extent, still is) combined with the government.

The founding fathers wanted to get as far away from that as possible, and that's why they founded a government whose constitution puts up a solid wall between church and state, and did NOT utilize religious dogma in anything. George Washington (like many of the founding fathers) were Masonics, who as a group were more interested in the free and unrestricted expression of man, and the constitution of the United States is very much influenced by their philosophy.

The quote: "It is impossible to rightly govern a nation without God and The Bible." is frequently misattributed to George Washington, mainly to his farewell address of 1796. However, just like the Cherry Tree, he never said it.

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The quote is frequently misattributed to George Washington, particularly in regards to his farewell address of 1796. Some people believe it is derived from this statement:

"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, these firmest props of the duties of men and citizens..."

This quote: "It is impossible to rightly govern a nation without God and the Bible" is very similar to a quote in a biography of George Washington written by James K. Paulding [1836].

The quote that appeared in this 1836 biography has never been proven to have come from Washington. Nevertheless, it is very probable that it is derived from the quote that is shown in the 2nd paragraph of Paulding's statement:
"....for it was his {George Washington's} opinion that a man who is always boasting of his religion, is like one who continually proclaims his honesty - he would trust neither one nor the other. He was not accustomed to argue points of faith, but on one occasion, in reply to a gentleman who expressed doubts on the subject, thus gave his sentiments:

'It is impossible to account for the creation of the universe without the agency of a Supreme Being. It is impossible to govern the universe without the aid of a Supreme Being. It is impossible to reason without arriving at a Supreme Being. Religion is as necessary to reason, as reason is to religion. The one cannot exist without the other. A reasoning being would lose his reason in attempting to account for the great phenomena of nature, had he not a Supreme Being to refer to; and well has it been said, that if there had been no God, mankind would have been obliged to

one.' " "Harper's Family Library No.LXXVI - Paulding's Life of Washington"

You should actually refer to David Barton's website Wallbuilders since he owns the largest known library of documents from the founders...

Answer 2

Why you never ask this stupid things to George Washington directly? Why you think this question would be answered by no, that's stupid belief if you never ask GW? If you think it is impossible to ask GW so your question would be impossible to be answered too...hehehehh..