"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" — Abraham Lincoln (U.S. president 1861-1865)

"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 any in profane history" — Sir Isaac Newton (17th-century British mathematician and physicist)

"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)