Quotes from Jeremiah Denton

Founded on faith in God, the United States has been blessed as no other nation.

I prayed. God became more than faith. He became knowledge, and I appealed to him. Then I became ashamed. Why hadn't I embraced him so thoroughly before?

The nation is only as strong as the collective strength of its individuals.

My principal battle with the North Vietnamese was a moral one, and prayer was my prime source of strength.

Although I had lived a far from perfect life, my heart and soul belonged to God, country, and family long before the Navy got hold of me.

The Declaration of Independence has established certain moral confines, and governs in a manner consistent with the spirit under which our nation was founded: Love God; love thy neighbor as thyself.

Our coin bears the inscription: In God We Trust. And our Bible reassures us: The Lord is just and merciful. With the Lord thence our protector, whom or what shall we fear?

A man does a lot of praying in an enemy prison. Prayer, even more than sheer thought, is the firmest anchor.