Send a Quote Enter a brief message. SendOk2 “It cannot be emphasized too strongly or too often that this great nation was founded, not by religionists, but by Christians; not on religions, but on the gospel of Jesus Christ! For this very reason peoples of other faiths have been afforded asylum, prosperity, and freedom of worship here.” ~ Patrick Henry (1736-1799) US Founding FatherSource: Falsely attributed to Patrick Henry. From The American Mercury magazine, November 1956, page 134, quoting The Virginian, April 1956, Vol II No 3https://www.unz.com/print/AmMercury-1956nov-00130/