"The government of the United States is not,
in any sense, founded on the Christian religion."
by:
George Washington
(1732-1799) Founding Father, 1st US President, 'Father of the Country'
Source:
An excerpt from the Treaty of Tripoli, 1796, which was written during the Washington administration and eventually signed by John Adams.
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 -- Paul, Tacoma     
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     -- Anonymous      
    that isnt true at all... and also not his qoute
     -- joe, DC     
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    That is so right man it and the government is a freaking lie anyway and people only say it is wrong because it is an excuse to say nonchristians don't belong here and that is retarded. RESISTANCE!!
     -- Sean, Bullard TX     
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    Right, one of the foundations of the U.S. is the FREEDOM OF RELIGION, not religion itself. Americans are free to believe or disbelieve in religion of any kind. Having said that if you study history most, if not all, of the Founding Fathers were Christian men which makes it all the more remarkable that they fought so hard for freedom of or from religion. Incredible men.
     -- Carole, KoKoMo, Indiana     
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    The Washington DC regime seems supported by fundamentalist Christian lobbies..that's indeed unhealthy.
     -- Eliphas Presley, Eerie, Indiana     
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     -- Anonymous      
    Um, actually Carole, a great many of the founding fathers were deists or agnostics who were catagorized as Christians. The lack of reference to any higher power, whatsoever, in the Constitution is a strong clue to many of the FF's religious affiliation.
     -- Rob, NY     
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    That quote is not Washington's. It is, however, part of Article 11 of the Treaty of Tripoli, written by Thomas Jefferson and approved by other founders. Quite a few of the FFs would be considered agnostic or Deist by today's standards; nowhere did they claim that this was a Christian nation.
     -- Anonymous, NYC     
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    Rob, as a US History Major doing a research project on the Founding Father's view of God in Government, I would have to say that you are wrong. The Founding Fathers, majority of, were Christians, or of a firm faith. They did not, however, want the nation to have a NATIONAL CHURCH, like England. So the reason behind the lack of religious affiliation in the Constitution was for that very reason. The FF also did not want non-religious people to be excluded from office by having to take a religious test, lucky us! However, Carole is right, George Washington was a devote Christian. And FYI= Secularism and Agnostic by today's standards are a twentieth century thing, this was the eighteenth century, kind of like a square peg in a round hole, don't you think?
     -- Marie, Alabama     
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     -- Marie, Alabama      
    Marie, what sources do you have saying that most of the FF's are Christians? Ben Franklin was, Thomas Jefferson wasn't, most i believe were actually Freemasons which believed in A GOD but not the christian God,
     -- Austin, California     
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    No, Ben Franklin was not a Christian, he was a Deist. Do your homework before you post. One thing is clear about Liberals...they don't read History unless it is revisionist history.
     -- Chuck, Baltimore     
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    For those who like to READ: http://www.amazon.com/review/R6N709OFER61J
     -- Chuck, Baltimore     
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    What God do Freemasons worship? Is it a different God? C'mon Austin don't shred the beliefs of the FF. Now here's a quote from GW to Thomas Nelson - "It is impossible to rightly govern a nation without God and the Bible." GW would set the precedent to be inaugurated with his hand on the Bible. I have seen the letter to Thomas Nelson.
     -- Bert, Yorktown,VA     
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    Good job referencing someone's opinion of someone elses' opinion on history. Does that make it fact? The study of history, by its nature, is a review of people's actions and environments in which they made the choices they did. It is also then a function of the person reading that history. In short, every interpretation of history is revisionist depending on who you ask.
     -- Jamie, Elburn     
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     -- tom, knet      
    Who stated this as his quote? This is not a George Washington quote at all!
     -- Anonymous     
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    This quote is from Joel Barlow (March 24, 1754 – December 26, 1812) who was an American poet, diplomat and politician.
     -- Matthew, Silsbee, Tx     
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    I cannot find this quote in the record. Can someone point to the literary reference?
     -- Anonymous, NY     
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    The quote is marked as a 'False George Washington quote'. The actual quote is from the Treaty of Tripoli in 1796 which was written during Washington's presidency, but John Adams signed it. It is inaccurately attributed to Washington himself.
     -- Editor, Liberty Quotes     
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