“I have lived a long time, and the longer I live, the more convincing proofs I see of this truth: that God governs in the affairs of men. And if a sparrow cannot fall to the ground without His notice, is it probable that an empire can rise without His aid? We have been assured in the sacred writings that ‘except the Lord build the House they labor in vain that build it.’ (Psalm 127:1) I firmly believe this.”

~Benjamin Franklin, American inventor, scientist, diplomat, and prominent Founding Father of the United States