Four Famous And Significant Quotes

The below famous quotes are significant, in that all of the four well-respected men listed, agree that the key to our continued prosperity and freedom in our country is dependent upon parents to: (1) Teach their children to read and have an appreciation for the Bible at an early age (2 Timothy 3:15; cf. 2 Timothy 1:5); (2) Abide by the spiritual principles taught in the Bible (2 John 1:9; cf. John 15:7).

1) Daniel Webster said: "If there is anything in my thoughts or style to commend, the credit goes to my parents for instilling in me an early love of the Scriptures. If we abide by the principles taught in the Bible, our country will go on prospering and to prosper; but if we and our posterity neglect its instructions and authority, no man can tell how sudden a catastrophe may overwhelm us and bury all our glory in profound obscurity" (source)

2) Horace Greeley said: "It is impossible to enslave mentally or socially a Bible reading people. The principles of the Bible are the groundwork of human freedom" (source).

3) John Quincy Adams said: "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" (source).

4) Theodore Roosevelt said: "It is necessary for the welfare of the nation that men's lives be based on the principles of the Bible. No man, educated or uneducated, can afford to be ignorant of the Bible" (source).

Is the teaching of the Bible to our children and grandchildren important for the future welfare and preservation of our country? The above distinguished gentlemen thought it was, and the Bible strongly implies that it is (Deuteronomy 6:1-2; Psalm 78:1-8; cf. Proverbs 14:34; Psalm 9:17).

—Mike Riley, Gospel Snippets