Mark David Hall > Quotes

“With the exception of Franklin, Allen, and Paine, I am unaware of any civic leaders in the era who clearly and publicly rejected orthodox Christianity or embraced deism. There may be others, but those who claim the founders were deists give little or no evidence that they exist.”
― Mark David Hall, Did America Have a Christian Founding?: Separating Modern Myth from Historical Truth

“To Sherman, a large, complicated national government was contrary to “the true spirit and genius of republican government,” which should be small and simple:”
― Mark David Hall, Roger Sherman and the Creation of the American Republic