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USA "not founded on Christian principles" - John Adams

"The United States of America should have a foundation free from the influence of clergy."— George Washington "The United States Constitutional Convention, except for three or four persons, thought prayers unnecessary."— Benjamin Franklin "This nation of ours was not founded on Christian principles."— John Adams "Religious bondage shackles and debilitates the mind and unfits it for every noble enterprise."— James Madison, letter to William Bradford, 1771 "As the Government of the United States of America is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion;..." ~Treaty of Tripoli 1796