“I care not for a man's religion whose dog and cat are not the better for it.” — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
The only person who is a worse liar than a faith healer is his patient. — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
When I do good, I feel good. When I do bad, I feel bad. That's my religion. — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
I see a very dark cloud on America's horizon, and that cloud is coming from Rome. — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
I care not much for a man's religion whose dog and cat are not the better for it. — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
When I do good I feel good, when I do bad I feel bad, and that's my religion. — 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
The Bible is not my book nor Christianity my profession. I could never give assent to the long, complicated statements of Christian… — 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
It will not do to investigate the subject of religion too closely, as it is apt to lead to infidelity. — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
The highest art is always the most religious, and the greatest artist is always a devout person. — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
The Bible is not my book and Christianity is not my religion. I could never give assent to the long complicated statements… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
The only assurance of our nation's safety is to lay our foundation in morality and religion. — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
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
Thoughtful men must feel that the fate of civilization upon this continent is involved in the issue of our contest. Among the… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
I am approached with the most opposite opinions and advice, and that by religious men, who are equally certain that they represent… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
In regards to this great Book [the Bible], I have but to say it is the best gift God has given to… — 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
Our defense is in the preservation of the spirit which prizes liberty as a heritage of all men, in all lands, everywhere.… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
I can see how it might be possible for a man to look down upon the earth and be an atheist, but… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
“Amid the greatest difficulties of my Administration, when I could not see any other resort, I would place my whole reliance in… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
I am approached with the most opposite opinions and advice, and that by religious men, who are equally certain that they represent… — 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
I do not doubt that our country will finally come through safe and undivided. But do not misunderstand me... I do not… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
Let reverence for the laws be breathed by every American mother to the lisping babe that prattles on her lap - let… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
“It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us -- that from these honored dead… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
I am for liberty of conscience in its noblest, broadest, and highest sense. But I cannot give liberty of conscience to the… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Let reverence for the laws . . . become the political religion of the nation. — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
My earlier views at the unsoundness of the Christian scheme of salvation and the human origin of the scriptures, have become clearer… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
Through their deeds, the dead of battle have spoken more eloquently for themselves than any of the living ever could. But we… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
It is rather for us here dedicated to the great task remaining before us, that from these honored dead we take increased… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
“Let [the Constitution] be taught in schools, in seminaries, and in colleges, let it be written in primers, in spelling books and… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
When I left Springfield [to become President] I asked the people to pray for me. I was not a Christian. When I… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
I have been driven many times upon my knees by the overwhelming conviction that I had no where else to go. My… — 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