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America's God and Country: Encyclopedia of Quotations

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Any objective observer will come away from this book thoroughly convinced that the founders of the United States viewed this nation as being created by the Providence of God for His purposes. The sources overwhelmingly verify this common theme from myriad sources. Federer documents his work completely, with the end notes being available for further investigation to those so inclined.

It is inspiring to realize each generation had its own set of challenges to confront. Praying people were action-oriented. They prayed, they listened to God, and they followed up accordingly. Things were changed for the positive as a result.

Federer is to be further commended for showing the reflective process various thinkers have gone through. They did not blindly accept what was handed down to them necessarily, but examined the claims of Christanity for themselves, individually, tesing the spirits...and being convinced in their own individual cases that Jesus is indeed, the Way, the Truth, and the Life. These historical writings leave a legacy of well examined lives. The perponderance of the evidence shows that America was founded by Christians who were seeking to do God's will. They established a "Christian nation" which they identified as such in repeated cases.

Federer even quotes people who have been obstructionists to the Gospel over the years. Even some of these people have acknowledged that the United States is a "Christian nation." The editor has done an outstanding job of bringing these myriad sources stretching out over the centuries into one volume. The sections on Christopher Columbus and George Washington are lenghty, but well worth reading. It shows, from their own journal entries their true motivation as opposed to the distortions given by some revisionist speculators.

In all my studies throughout my childhood, schooling, military service, college, community activities, and charitable organization work. During which I tried to comprehend and understand, our great country and it's beginnings. I have found nothing more equal to this book. In my attempt to decern the true meanings of our founding documents and our founders most basic intentions, I began at the end with the Constitution and worked backwords. How much easier it would have been to have Mr. Federer's book at the beginning.

Throughout my search and in all the documents and books I have read, I have attempted to understand the inner souls of our founders, their families, their philosophies, their beliefs and their hopes. It saddens me greatly, that I did not have this book to read prior to starting that great and rewarding adventure.

For it confirms what it has taken me a youthful lifetime to find out for myself and to develope an in depth understanding which I believe I have finally arrived at.

This book is the quentisential prerequisite to understanding the true American Dream, it's purpose and our founders original intentions in all their thoughts, words and deeds. American youth, parents, administrators, scholars, and politicians need this book to bring them back to the true founders path. That path based upon the realities of their understanding and not the falsehoods of our hypocritical scholars of today.

America's God and Country should be required reading in every single school room, every office building, every legal office and should sit on the bench beside every single Judge in this land. Especially the United States Supreme Court whom seem to have completely lost their way, their duty and their limits of interference. For it cast a disgusting shadow over the degeneracy of our Judical, legal and political system which have terribly gone far astray today.

I would recommend that this book, "America's God and Country" be the first book some one read prior to embarking upon an exploration of the Declaration of Independence, the Articles of Confederation, the Constitution of the United States, the Northwest Ordinance and the Federalist Papers, all essential documents to our heritage. This book will without question, give the reader the preliminary and basic understanding from which all other issues flow.

After which a reading of some of those current books by William Bennett and other such authors will make much more sence. Without it's indespensible wisdom the reader has no foundation or superstructure form which to begin. It is the wisdom of the ages inculcated in a single book. A must read for anyone who seeks the truth.

This book is an EXCELLENT reference book - these quotes and ideas are what this country was founded on - they are not just non-religious bits & pieces found in today's history books. Whether you agree or disagree with each statement, this is history: these are the ideas of the Founding Fathers and the ideals that the country were founded upon. You can pick up this book anytime, open to any page, and read some of the best material you can ever find.

This book proves from the mouth of the founding fathers that America, so revered now by all the countries of the world (Evey one wants to move here), was built upon Biblical Principles. Blesses are the people whose God is the Lord ... And nations that Forget God will be turned into hell (KJV Psalms). This book is not some man's interpertation of History, it is full of facts on how God made a wilderness into a fruitful land. In 400+ years the blessings of Jesus Christ made America the most prosperous land on Earth. If America forgets its Christian hertiage it will become a Wilderness again.

Best reference for quotables I've seen. I like the fact that it represents every denomination, creed and race of people in the continent. Citations include protestants and catholics, Hispanics,Irish, Native Americans, Italians, Anglicans, and so on... All identifying the religious principles our nation was founded on. And showing the strenght of unity in our plurality. Takes the wind out the sails of the revisionists.

This book is a great collection of quotes, historical documents, and early court decisions that show the Godly Nature of our Founding Fathers. The book is arranged in alphabetical order and provides quick and easy reference. I would recommend this book to anyone interested in the true history of our nation, and who wishes to debunk the revisionist historians in our modern day.

I bought this book for myself several years ago, and use it for a source for research, and for history. My pastor wrote and piece in our church bulletin, which indicated General/President Washington was not a Christian. I set him straight from quotes in this book, and bought it for him. He had wanted to borrow mine, and once he received his own copy, he understood why I wouldn't loan it out......he would never get it back! Every student of history should have a copy, and EVERY Christian, and person of faith in the Almighty should get a copy!

This would be a great book for each and every library.

You have only to glance through this book to know how very much it shows how much our fore fathers believed in God and how they looked to Him for guidance, especially in the hard times such as the civil war. One quote from the book was: During the Civil War, President Lincoln overheard someone remark that he hoped "the Lord was on the Union's side." Lincoln gave a straightforward reply: "I am not at all concerned about that, for I know that the Lord is always on the side of the right. But it is my constant anxiety and prayer that I and this nation should be on the Lord's side."

You can find comments on almost any subject. It's great as a resource book.

Jeanetta Bearden Pollard author of "Mrs. Claus Shares Stories From the Heart." Founder of http://www.jeanetta@jeanettapollard.com

American history as I, and all other public school students of the last several generations, have been taught is a mangled parchment, as crude as a letter with sections scissored out right and left.

What has been scissored out? Any mention, or at any rate any positive mention, of religion and the role it has played in the unfolding history of America. This censorship has led to profound misunderstandings about everything from the Thanksgiving at Plymouth to the importance of the Bible as a guide in the establishment and form of American government. Federer's sourcebook helps reveal these largely suppressed realities.

In a society where God is constantly under attack, this book helps put things in perspective. It's a must for any Christian. There are tons of wonderful quotes kids won't hear in the public schools. It helps fill in a portion of history that is "taboo," the part involving God. Our country's heretage is rich in divine intervention. We love this book so much, that we have started a tradition of giving it as a gift to every graduate from which we receive an announcement. I particularly like George Washington Carver's quotes for high school graduates.