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"Christianity is part of the law of England."&mdash;.

"Liberty is part of the precious heritage which our God brought down with him from heaven to the earth and left to us, his sons. Let no one, therefore, marvel that we should hold it beyond all price, dearer to us than our lives."&mdash;.

"Holy Scripture comprehendeth history and prophecy, law and ethics, the philosophy of life that is to come."&mdash;.

"The world's history is a divine poem, of which the history of every nation is a canto and every man a word. Its strains have been pealing along down the centuries, and though there have been mingled the discords of warring cannon and dying men, yet to the Christian philosopher and historian&mdash;the humble listener&mdash;there has been a divine melody running through the song which speaks of hope and halcyon days to come."&mdash;.

"Nations in their loftiest successes, in their purest forms of civilization, are but travelling towards the ideal presented in Scripture, and as new phases of society appear that Scripture will be found adapted to each, so far as it may be legitimate, and be calculated to advance each to new glory and perfection."&mdash;.

"Whilst just government protects all in their religious rites, true religion affords government its surest support."&mdash;.

"Without religion there can be no democratic society. Religion is the common source of all the benevolent ideas that exercise influence on mankind. The American people are religious by their origin, by conviction, and by democratic principles."&mdash;.

"Between these two corporations&mdash;the family, that deep, solid foundation of the social edifice below, and the church, that high, expansive, and illumined vault above&mdash;stands the state."&mdash;.

"There can be no political happiness without liberty, there can be no liberty without morality, and there can be no morality without religion."&mdash;. 135