Believers in God and the Bible

"This beautiful system of the sun, planets and comets could only proceed from the counsel and dominion of an intelligent and powerful Being . . ."—Sir Isaac Newton (17th-century British mathematician and physicist)

"It is impossible to rightly govern the world without God and the Bible."—George Washington (first president of the United States)

"Personally I have always taken the view . . . that Almighty God, far from setting the universe in motion and then letting the drama enact itself—as many think—is an ever-present, ubiquitous arbiter in all affairs."— Paul Johnson (20th-century British journalist and historian)

"The intellectual beauty of the order discovered by science is consistent with the physical world's having behind it the mind of the divine Creator."—John Polkinghorne (20th-century British scientist and author)

"So great is my veneration of 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."— John Quincy Adams (U.S. president 1825-1829)

"I believe that the Bible is the best gift God has ever given to man. All the good from The Savior of the world is communicated to us through this Book."—Abraham Lincoln (U.S. president 1861-1865)

"That Book [the Bible] accounts for the supremacy of England." — Queen Victoria (British monarch for 64 years, the longest reign in British history)

"In all my perplexities and distresses, the Bible has never failed to give me light and strength."— Robert E. Lee (chief Confederate general during the American Civil War)

"There are more sure marks of authenticity in the Bible than in any profane history."— Sir Isaac Newton (17th-century British mathematician and physicist)

"I have known 95 of the world's great men in my time, and of these, 87 were followers of the Bible. The Bible is stamped with a Specialty of Origin, and an immeasurable distance separates it from all its competitors."— W.E. Gladstone (19th-century British prime minister)