 George Washington at Valley Forge said, to the distinguished character of patriot, it should be our highest glory to laud the more distinguished character of Christian. Lincoln's inaugural, he said, intelligence, patriotism, Christianity are still competent to adjust in the best way our present difficulty. He mentions patriotism and Christianity right next to each other in his inaugural. You have FDR passing out Gideon's New Testaments and Book of Psalms to all the soldiers in World War II.