[Diamond]

"He who will not honor the memory and respect the influence of Calvin knows but little of the origin of American liberty."
George Bancroft

"John Calvin was the virtual founder of America."
Leopold von Ranke"

"Those who consider Calvin only as a theologian fail to recognize the breadth of his genius. The editing of our wise laws, in which he had a large share, does him as much credit as his Institutes. . . . [S]o long as the love of country and liberty is not extinct amongst us, the memory of this great man will be held in reverence."
Jean Jacques Rousseau

"Let not Geneva be forgotten or despised. Religious liberty owes it much respect."
John Adams

[vladimir998]

John Calvin: The True Father of Communism: https://books.google.com/books?id=x5qNNAAACAAJ&dq=john+calvin+founder+of++communism&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CC0Q6AEwA2oVChMI5YjdjtjtyAIVQ-JjCh07egdy

Worth the read. I read 20 years ago, Taylor makes some good points. Read a book rather than just reading a few quotes.

[daniel1212]

George Bancroft, History of the United States, Vol.4, p.81: Protestantism, in the sphere of politics, had hitherto been the representative of that increase of popular liberty which had grown out of free inquiry, while the Catholic church, under the early influence of Roman law and the temporal sovereignty of the Roman pontiff, had inclined to monarchical power. More and More..