Political Quotes

“I thank the gentleman. Mr. Speaker, that reminds me of a story here from the Halls of Congress in the beginning of our country's history. Many of the early American settlers who came to the New World with the express purpose of living out their faith to God and his Word, according to the convictions of their own consciences, founded our country. And one of the very first Congress' first acts was the authorization of an American-published Bible. The Revolutionary War with the British in the late 1700s had cut off all remaining shipments of Bibles from England. {time} 1745 Our Founding Fathers understood how important it was for the American people to have access to Bibles. Robert Aitken, a private citizen, brought this need to the attention of Congress, and he wrote a letter saying: ``This work is an object worthy of the attention of the Congress of the United States of America, who will not neglect spiritual security, while they are virtuously contending for temporal blessings.'' In 1782, Congress reviewed, approved, and authorized the first known English language Bible to be printed in America. They passed a resolution, here in the halls of Congress--or the Continental Congress--saying: ``Resolved, that the United States in Congress assembled highly approve the pious and laudable undertaking of Mr.…”