Edward Everett (1794-1865), was an American diplomat, educator, orator, and clergyman.  He was Governor of Massachusetts, U.S. minister to Britain, Secretary of State under President Filmore, and a U.S. Senator.  He also was the president of Harvard and spoke at Gettysburg with President Lincoln.  Edward Everett stated:

"All the distinctive features and superiority of our republican institutions are derived from the teachings of Scripture."  - Tyron Edwards, D.D., The New Dictionary of Thoughts - A Cyclopedia of Quotations (Garden City, NY: Hanover House, 1852, The Standard Book Company, 1963), p. 46.

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