Abraham Lincoln
Quotes from Abraham Lincoln
"My earlier views at the unsoundness of the Christian scheme
of salvation and the human origin of the scriptures, have become
clearer and stronger with advancing years and I see no reason for
thinking I shall ever change them."
"The Bible is not my Book and Christianity is not my religion.
I could never give assent to the long complicated statements of
Christian dogma."
"I am for liberty of conscience in its noblest, broadest, and
highest sense. But I cannot give liberty of conscience to the
pope and his followers, the papists, so long as they tell me,
through all their councils, theologians, and canon laws that
their conscience orders them to burn my wife, strangle my children,
and cut my throat when they find their opportunity."
"I see a very dark cloud on America's horizon, and
that cloud
is coming from Rome."
"It will not do to investigate the subject of religion too
closely, as it is apt to lead to infidelity."
"My husband is not a Christian but is a religious man, I
think." -- Mary Todd Lincoln