Religion Quotes by Abraham Lincoln

I care not much for a man's religion whose dog and cat are not the better for it.

— Abraham Lincoln

All things desirable to men are contained in the Bible.

— Abraham Lincoln

I see a very dark cloud on America's horizon, and that cloud is coming from Rome.

— Abraham Lincoln

Let reverence for the laws . . . become the political religion of the nation.

— Abraham Lincoln

A noble spirit embiggens the smallest man.

— Abraham Lincoln

When I do good I feel good, when I do bad I feel bad, and that's my religion.

— Abraham Lincoln

I am busily engaged in study of the Bible.

— Abraham Lincoln

The only person who is a worse liar than a faith healer is his patient.

— Abraham Lincoln

It will not do to investigate the subject of religion too closely, as it is apt to lead to infidelity.

— Abraham Lincoln

The only assurance of our nation's safety is to lay our foundation in morality and religion.

— Abraham Lincoln

The Bible is not my book and Christianity is not my religion. I could never give assent to the long complicated statements…

— Abraham Lincoln

The highest art is always the most religious, and the greatest artist is always a devout person.

— Abraham Lincoln

“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

I am busily engaged in the study of the Bible. I believe it is God's word because it finds me where I…

— Abraham Lincoln

The Bible is not my book nor Christianity my profession. I could never give assent to the long, complicated statements of Christian…

— Abraham Lincoln

The Bible says somewhere that we are desperately selfish. I think we would have discovered that fact without the Bible.

— Abraham Lincoln

When I left Springfield [to become President] I asked the people to pray for me. I was not a Christian. When I…

— Abraham Lincoln

“Let [the Constitution] be taught in schools, in seminaries, and in colleges, let it be written in primers, in spelling books and…

— Abraham Lincoln

It is rather for us here dedicated to the great task remaining before us, that from these honored dead we take increased…

— Abraham Lincoln

Through their deeds, the dead of battle have spoken more eloquently for themselves than any of the living ever could. But we…

— Abraham Lincoln

I have been driven many times upon my knees by the overwhelming conviction that I had no where else to go. My…

— Abraham Lincoln

The United States government must not undertake to run the Churches. When an individual, in the Church or out of it, becomes…

— Abraham Lincoln

“Amid the greatest difficulties of my Administration, when I could not see any other resort, I would place my whole reliance in…

— Abraham Lincoln

My earlier views at the unsoundness of the Christian scheme of salvation and the human origin of the scriptures, have become clearer…

— Abraham Lincoln

I am for liberty of conscience in its noblest, broadest, and highest sense. But I cannot give liberty of conscience to the…

— Abraham Lincoln

What constitutes the bulwark of our liberty and independence? It is not our frowning battlements, our bristling sea-coasts, our army and our…

— Abraham Lincoln

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

I do not think I could myself, be brought to support a man for office, whom I knew to be an open…

— Abraham Lincoln

Let reverence for the laws be breathed by every American mother to the lisping babe that prattles on her lap. Let it…

— Abraham Lincoln

“It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us -- that from these honored dead…

— Abraham Lincoln

Let reverence for the laws be breathed by every American mother to the lisping babe that prattles on her lap - let…

— Abraham Lincoln

I do not doubt that our country will finally come through safe and undivided. But do not misunderstand me... I do not…

— Abraham Lincoln

When I do good, I feel good. When I do bad, I feel bad. That's my religion.

— Abraham Lincoln

“I care not for a man's religion whose dog and cat are not the better for it.”

— Abraham Lincoln

Faith is not believing that God can, but that God will.

— Abraham Lincoln

I do not think I could myself, be brought to support a man for office, whom I knew to be an open…

— Abraham Lincoln

I can see how it might be possible for a man to look down upon the earth and be an atheist, but…

— Abraham Lincoln

Our defense is in the preservation of the spirit which prizes liberty as a heritage of all men, in all lands, everywhere.…

— Abraham Lincoln

That I am not a member of any Christian church is true; but I have never denied the truth of the Scriptures,…

— Abraham Lincoln

In regards to this great Book [the Bible], I have but to say it is the best gift God has given to…

— Abraham Lincoln