| The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996. |
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| NUMBER: | 36385 |
| QUOTATION: | 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. Leaving the higher matter of eternal consequences, between him and his Maker, I still do not think any man has the right thus to insult the feelings, and injure the morals, of the community in which he may live. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865), U.S. president. Handbill replying to charges of infidelity, July 31, 1846. Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln, vol. 1, p. 382, Rutgers University Press (1953, 1990). |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
| WORKS: | Lincoln Collection. |
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| | | The Columbia World of Quotations. Copyright © 1996 Columbia University Press. |
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