Great Quotes By Great Men

Compiled by M.E. Townsend -
with information gather from
Brannon Howse'
WorldView Weekend Digest

“For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even His eternal power and Godhead so that they are without excuse, because, although they knew God, they did not glorify Him as God, nor were thankful, but became futile in their thoughts, and their foolish hearts were darkened. Professing to be wise, they became fools…. Romans 1:20-22

George Washington wrote:

“We ought to be no less persuaded that the propitious smiles of Heaven can never be expected on a nation that disregards the eternal rules of order and right which Heaven itself has ordained.”

Abraham Lincoln said:

“I know that the LORD is always on the side of the right. But it is my constant anxiety and prayer that I and this nation should be on the LORD’ side.”

George Mason, father of the Bill of Rights, declared:

“As nations cannot be rewarded or punished in the next world, so they must be in this. By an inevitable chain of causes and effects, Providence punishes national sin by national calamities.”

And finally –

Engraved on the Jefferson Memorial in Washington D.C. –

“God who gave us life gave us liberty. And can the liberties of a nation be thought secure when we have removed their only firm basis, a conviction in the minds of the people that these liberties are the gift of God? That they are not violated but with His wrath? Indeed, I tremble for my country, when I reflect that God is just; that His justice cannot sleep forever.”