“...several of the first presidents, including Jefferson and Madison, generally refused to issue public prayers, despite importunings to do so. Under pressure, Madison relented in the War Of 1812, but held to his belief that chaplains shouldn't be appointed to the military or be allowed to open Congress.” FirstsWarReligionBeliefPresidentPrayerIssuesMilitaryPressureIncludingCongressDespiteUnder PressureMadisonChaplainsWar Of 1812 Author:James Madison
“People always got the image I was an anti-Christ or antireligion. I'm not. I'm a most religious fellow. I was brought up a Christian and I only now understand some of the things that Christ was saying in those parables. Because people got hooked on the teacher and missed the message. All this bit about electing a President. We pick our own daddy out of a dog pound of daddies.” PeopleChristianPoliticalReligionBitsPresidentChristReligiousTeacherDogMessagesPicksFellowsPoundsDaddyHookedParablesAnti Christ Author:John Lennon
“I believe in a president whose religious views are his own private affair, neither imposed by him upon the nation, or imposed by the nation upon him as a condition to holding that office.” BelieveReligionI BelieveNationsPresidentReligiousViewsConditionsOfficeAffairI Believe InSeparation Between Church And StateReligious Views Author:John F. Kennedy
“But because I am a Catholic, and no Catholic has ever been elected president, the real issues in this campaign have been obscured - perhaps deliberately, in some quarters less responsible than this. So it is apparently necessary for me to state once again not what kind of church I believe in - for that should be important only to me - but what kind of America I believe in.” ShouldBelieveKindHas BeensImportantRealStatesAmericaReligionI BelievePresidentChurchIssuesResponsibleCatholicI Believe InCampaignsQuarters Author:John F. Kennedy
“[President Obama] made so many promises. We thought that he was going to be -- I shouldn't say this at Christmastime -- but the next messiah.” MadeRealityReligionNextPoliticsPresidentLeadershipPolicyPromiseStrategyIdeologyVotingPresident ObamaFree SpeechMessiah Author:Barbara Walters
“Under the Obama regime, the president and his allies are intentional in pursuing these conflicts from the perspective that you must sacrifice your most sacred beliefs to government the instant you start a business. You have the protection of the First Amendment as an individual, you see – but the instant you start a business, you lose those protections.” FirstsGovernmentReligionPoliticsIndividualBeliefEnergyPresidentLosesWorkSacrificePolicyHealthPerspectiveConflictEthicsCapitalismSacredHuman RightsProtectionIdeologyInstantAlliesRegimesAmendmentsConsumerismFirst Amendment Author:Bobby Jindal
“When I left Springfield [to become President] I asked the people to pray for me. I was not a Christian. When I buried my son, the severest trial of my life, I was not a Christian. But when I went to Gettysburg and saw the graves of thousands of our soldiers, I then and there consecrated myself to Christ.” PeopleChristianReligionLeftPresidentChristSawsSonPrayingSoldierGravesTrialsMy SonBuriedGettysburgPray For Me Author:Abraham Lincoln
“And I will do everything that I can as long as I am President of the United States to remind the American people that we are one nation under God, and we may call that God different names but we remain one nation.” PeopleMayLongI CanDifferentStatesGodReligionNamesNationsPresidentUnitedUnited StatesDifferent NamesOne Nation Under God Author:Barack Obama
“I consider it part of my responsibility as President of the United States to fight against negative stereotypes of Islam wherever they appear.” StatesReligionFightingPresidentUnitedResponsibilityChristianityUnited StatesNegativeIslamStereotypeHusseinMind BlowingIslamistsChristianity And IslamCairoBlowing ItTrojan HorseNegative Stereotypes Author:Barack Obama
“Yes, the long war on Christianity. I pray that one day we may live in an America where Christians can worship freely! In broad daylight! Openly wearing the symbols of their religion... perhaps around their necks? And maybe -- dare I dream it? -- maybe one day there can be an openly Christian President. Or, perhaps, 43 of them. Consecutively.” MayLongWarDreamChristianAmericaReligionPresidentChristianityPrayingOne DayWorshipDareSymbolsNecksBroadsI PrayDaylightMaybe One Day Author:Jon Stewart
“The president of the United States has claimed, on more than one occasion, to be in dialogue with God. If he said that he was talking to God through his hairdryer, this would precipitate a national emergency. I fail to see how the addition of a hairdryer makes the claim more ridiculous or offensive.” IfsSaidStatesReligionPresidentUnitedTalkingUnited StatesFailingClaimsAtheistRidiculousDialogueOccasionsOffensiveEmergenciesTalking To God Author:Sam Harris
“As the government of the United States of America is not in any sense founded on the Christian Religion, - as it has in itself no character of enmity against the laws, religion or tranquility of Musselmen, - and as the said States never have entered into any war or act of hostility against any Mehomitan nation, it is declared by the parties that no pretext arising from religious opinions shall ever produce an interruption of the harmony existing between the two countries.” StatesGovernmentChristianReligionPresidentChurchReligiousUnitedUnited StatesAtheistSeparationSecularFoundingChurch And StateSeparation Of Church And StateOur Founding FathersReligious FreedomFounding Fathers ChristianState GovernmentUs Founding FathersFounding Fathers ReligionSeparation Between Church And StateFounding Fathers ReligiousFreedom Of ReligionReligion GodChristian ChurchReligious LibertyFounding Fathers Anti ReligionFounding Fathers Of AmericaFounding AmericaAmerican Founding FathersFounding Fathers AtheistReligious PhilosophyDeismChristianity From Founding FathersChristian AtheistReligion ChristianChristian FatherUnited States GovernmentChristian HeritageReligion And GovernmentChristian RightFaith ReligionReligion In SocietyChristian GodDeistGod And CountryGreatest AtheistNon ReligiousSecular SocietyChristian FreedomHate ReligionChristianity And GovernmentSacred FireLaws And Government Author:John Adams