Who Said That?

"In other words, our form of government has no sense unless it is founded in a deeply felt religious faith, and I don't care what it is."

Leave your guess in the comments section below.  Please, no google searches or cheating.  Answer to follow with the next post.

Update on Saturday, March 5, 2011 at 07:57AM by Kim Riddlebarger

This civil religion mish-mash comes from Dwight D. Eisenhower, from an address at the Freedoms Foundation, Waldorf-Astoria, New York City, NY, given on 12/22/52.

Comments

[Nick]

Glenn Beck

[Randy Gill]

Nick took my guess. I say Glenn Beck also.

[Chris Roberts]

Beck.

[reg]

Dwight Eisenhower

[Matt Viney]

Eisenhower!

["lee n. field"]

Curious statement. The "I don't care what it is" sounds like a cynical statement from someone who himself has no deep religious faith.

Guess -- Richard Nixon.

[Keith]

Dwight Eisenhower

[Paul L.]

Eisenhower

[pb]

Ike, no question about it.

[Pr Mark Henderson]

Eisenhower.

[Margaret Arno]

Thomas Jefferson?

[Richard]

Mark Grace?

[Richard]

Ike--the good Presbyterian.

[dsanger]

President Dwight D. Eisenhower

[Scott Roper]

If I'm not mistaken, Peter Lillback actually uses this quote in Wall of Misconception to bolster his case for our country being founded on a Judeo-Christian worldview.