Character is like a tree and reputation like a shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing.Abraham Lincoln
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.Abraham Lincoln
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.Abraham Lincoln
Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.Abraham Lincoln
With Malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right, as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in, to bind up the nation's wounds.Abraham Lincoln
