“I have examined all religions, and the result is that the Bible is the best book in the world” (John Adams, America’s 2nd President)
“So great is my veneration for the Bible that the earlier my children begin to read it the more confident will be my hope that they will prove useful citizens of their country and respectable members of society. I have for many years made it a practice to read through the Bible once every year” (John Quincy Adams, America’s 6th President).
“Let us then search the Scriptures. … The Bible contains the revelation of the will of God; it contains the history of the creation, of the world and of mankind; and afterwards the history of one peculiar nation, certainly the most extraordinary nation that has ever appeared upon the earth” (John Quincy Adams, America’s 6th President).
“That Book [the Bible] is the rock on which our Republic rests” (Andrew Jackson, America’s 7th President).
“In regards to this great Book [the Bible], I have but to say it is the best gift God has given to man. All the good the Savior gave to the world was communicated through this Book. But for it we could not know right from wrong. All things most desirable for man’s welfare, here and hereafter, are found portrayed in it.” (Abraham Lincoln, America’s 16th president).
“My advice to Sunday Schools no matter what their denomination is: Hold fast to the Bible as the sheet anchor of your liberties; write its precepts in your heart, and practice them in your lives. To the influence of this Book we are indebted for the progress made in true civilization and to this we must look as our guide in the future. ‘Righteousness exalteth a nation, but sin is a reproach to any people’ (Proverbs 14:34)” (Ulysses S. Grant, America’s 18th President).
“The religion of the Bible is the best in the world. I see the infinite value of religion. Let it be always encouraged. … [T]he truth in it is one of the deep sentiments in human nature.” (Rutherford B. Hayes, America’s 19th President)
“A thorough knowledge of the Bible is worth more than a college education” (Theodore Roosevelt, America’s 26th President).
“A man has deprived himself of the best there is in the world who has deprived himself of the Bible” (Woodrow Wilson, America’s 28th President).
“The Bible is endorsed by the ages. Our civilization is built upon its words. In no other book is there such a collection of inspired wisdom, reality, and hope.” (Dwight Eisenhower, America’s 34th President)
“Within the covers of the Bible are the answers for all the problems men face.” (Ronald Reagan, America’s 40th President)
