I have never united myself to any church because I found difficulty in giving my assent without mental reservation to the long,… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
God bless the Methodist Church - bless all the churches - and blessed be God, Who, in this our great trial, giveth… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
That I am not a member of any Christian church is true; but I have never denied the truth of the Scriptures,… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
“I don't like to hear cut and dried sermons. No—when I hear a man preach, I like to see him act as… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
When any church will inscribe over its altar, as its sole qualification for membership, the Savior's condensed statement of the substance of… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
I do not think I could myself, be brought to support a man for office, whom I knew to be an open… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
A child is a person who is going to carry on what you have started ... He will assume control of your… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
But I must add that the U.S. government must not, as by this order, undertake to run the churches. When an individual,… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
Abraham Lincoln was asked by an aide about the church service he had attended. Lincoln responded that the minister was inspired, interesting,… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
There was the strangest combination of church influence against me. Baker is a Campbellite; and therefore, as I suppose with few exceptions,… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
Elections belong to the people. It's their decision. If they decide to turn their back on the fire and burn their behinds, then they… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
Next came the Patent laws. These began in England in 1624; and, in this country, with the adoption of our constitution. Before then [these?],… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
While the people retain their virtue and vigilance, no administration, by any extreme of wickedness or folly, can very seriously injure the government in… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
I could not have slept tonight if I had left that helpless little creature to perish on the ground. — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
Let us at all times remember that all American citizens are brothers of a common country, and should dwell together in bonds of fraternal… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
If you wish to be a lawyer, attach no consequence to the place you are in, or the person you are with; but get… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
As we keep or break the Sabbath Day we nobly save or meanly lose the last best hope by which man rises. — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
We know, Southern men declare that their slaves are better off than hired laborers amongst us. How little they know, whereof they speak! There… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
I am glad to see that a system of labor prevails under which laborers can strike when they want to. — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image