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Did George Washington say that government could not work without God and the Bible?
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∙ 11y ago
Probably not. But even if he did, if it isn't in the Constitution it isn't part of our law.
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Well... not that government couldn't work; but that government couldn't work PROPERLY!
"It is impossible to rightly govern a nation without God and the Bible." G.W.
Yet, at the same time... He also said:
"The government of the United States is not in any sense founded on the Christian Religion." G.W.
BE CAREFUL... there is a difference! It's an understanding that is easily lost on people.
"Let us with caution indulge the supposition that morality can be maintained without religion. Reason and experience both forbid us to expect that national morality can prevail in exclusion of religious principle." G.W.
Great pains were taken by the founding fathers to "keep government out of religion" -- but NOT "religion out of government."
While they sought NOT to endorse any particular national religion -- they DID seek to include moral, religious principles within the Constitution.
"Our Constitution was made ONLY for a moral and religious people. It is WHOLLY INADEQUATE to the government of any other." (John Adams)
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What is a phrase about George Washington?
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Where is the bible used by George Washington kept?
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What two books encouraged young Abraham Lincoln?
The Bible and a biography about George Washington.
Who was the first president to kiss the Bible?
Anecdotal evidence from Internet sources suggests George Washington was the first president to kiss the bible?
Who said that It is impossible to rightly govern the world without God and the Bible?
The author of this saying is unknown. Its oldest known appearance is in a book called A Lawyer's Examination of the Bible by Howard H. Russell, which came out in 1893. He attributed it to George Washington, but it is not found anywhere in Washington's writings. It is thought that Russell may have had in mind a saying attributed to Washington in an 1835 biography by James Kirke Paulding: "It is impossible to account for the creation of the universe without the agency of a Supreme Being." But this quotation is also not found in Washington's works.In short, this is an anonymous saying often erroneously attributed to George Washington.
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