Today is the fourth of July and believe it or not, some people haven’t a clue why we celebrate the day.
Just watch:
He was asking about the most basic of facts of our country’s history and most of them didn’t have a clue. And yet I guarantee half of these people will vote.
Since today is the celebration of our independence from the Brits, here are a few quotes CNS News put together to remind us of the faith of our forefathers:
“Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious People. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.” — John Adams
“The hope of a Christian is inseparable from his faith. Whoever believes in the Divine inspiration of the Holy Scriptures must hope that the religion of Jesus shall prevail throughout the earth. Never since the foundation of the world have the prospects of mankind been more encouraging to that hope than they appear to be at the present time. And may the associated distribution of the Bible proceed and prosper till the Lord shall have made “bare His holy arm in the eyes of all the nations, and all the ends of the earth shall see the salvation of our God” [Isaiah 52:10]. — John Quincy Adams
“The Gospel of Jesus Christ prescribes the wisest rules for just conduct in every situation of life. Happy they who are enabled to obey them in all situations! . . . My only hope of salvation is in the infinite transcendent love of God manifested to the world by the death of His Son upon the Cross. Nothing but His blood will wash away my sins” [Acts 22:16]. — Dr. Benjamin Rush
“I am a real Christian – that is to say, a disciple of the doctrines of Jesus Christ.” – Thomas Jefferson
“The Bible is the best of all books, for it is the word of God and teaches us the way to be happy in this world and in the next. Continue therefore to read it and to regulate your life by its precepts.” – John Jay
“I verily believe that Christianity is necessary to support a civil society and shall ever attend to its institutions and acknowledge its precepts as the pure and natural sources of private and social happiness.” – Joseph Story
And here’s one of my own choosing:
“Without morals a republic cannot subsist any length of time; they therefore who are decrying the Christian religion, whose morality is so sublime and pure (and) which insures to the good eternal happiness, are undermining the solid foundation of morals, the best security for the duration of free governments.” — Charles Carroll
I bid you all a wonderful fourth of July and hope that you spend it with people you love.
I’ll leave you with this video from Ted Cruz wishing America a happy 242nd birthday: