> george washington fake. that was actually written by a us diplomat to the barbary states in 1797(treaty of tripoli) here's an actual quote... "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... and 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. it is substantially true that virtue or morality is a necessary spring of popular government." > thomas jefferson his was critical of the church but thought christianity was great, and that jesus was the most moral man to ever live. jefferson had a bit of a messiah complex himself. > abraham lincoln he was probably the most religious of any american president. he spoke of god(providence) in nearly every speech. go read his thanksgiving proclamation. pic-related.   uments/proclamation-118-thanksgivin g-day-1864 > john adams the next line of that quote is, "without religion this world would be something not fit to be mentioned in polite company, i mean hell."   ents/jefferson/03-11-02-0236#:~:tex t=twenty%20times%2c%20in%20the%20co urse,no%20religion%20in%20it!!! he also said, "our constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. it is wholly inadequate to the government of any other."
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