faith Quotes

That I am not a member of any Christian church is true; but I have never denied the truth of the Scriptures, and I have never spoken with intentional disrespect of religion in general, or of any denomination of Christians in particular.

I do not think I could myself be brought to support a man for office whom I knew to be an open enemy of, and scoffer at, religion.

The mystic cords of memory, stretching from every battlefield and patriot grave to every living heart and hearthstone, all over this broad land, will yet swell the chorus of the Union, when again touched, as surely they will be, by the angels of our nature.

Lets have faith that right makes might; and in that faith let us, to the end, dare to do our duty as we understand it.

Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves; and under the rule of a just God, cannot long retain it.

I remember my mother's prayers and they have always followed me. They have clung to me all my life.

True patriotism is better than the wrong kind of piety.

Sir, my concern is not whether God is on our side; my greatest concern is to be on God's side, for God is always right.

In great contests each party claims to act in accordance with the will of God. Both may be, and one must be wrong.

I know that the Lord is always on the side of the right; but it is my constant anxiety and prayer that I and this nation may be on the Lord's side.