Caroline Fraser Quotes

In American religious history, theological qualms tend to get pushed aside when politics intervenes.

In today's America He (Jesus) has moved from the central figure of world history to source material for late-night comics and pundits who would not dare treat other religious leaders with such disrespect.

I lived in Judea eighteen hundred years ago, but I never knew that there was such a one as Christ among my contemporaries.

Jesus was the greatest religious genius that ever lived.

The spirit of Columbus hovers over us to-day.

Abigail Adams could become my favorite historical sleuth.

Jesus was not a Christian, nor was Marx a Marxist.

In my idea General Washington is the greatest man; for I look upon him as the most virtuous.

Whenever you think of Lincoln as a historian, in his own mind, he becomes the Great Emancipator. This is his role in history henceforth. He was an ambitious man who wanted to make an impact on history, and this is how he did it.

That Krishna himself was a historical figure is indeed quite indubitable.

If Lincoln freed the slaves and preserved the Union, how come 'Lincolnesque' just means tall?

I don't [even] know the number of books on Abraham Lincoln. Ten thousand, twelve thousand? I have seen various numbers. It seems like every generation is always trying to come to terms with Lincoln.

The glory that was Lincoln's never died when he was slain.

My ideal man is Benjamin Franklin-the figure in American history most worthy of emulation ... Franklin is my ideal of a whole man. ... Where are the life-size-or even pint-size-Benjamin Franklins of today?

Pastor Kerney Thomas to these hoes.. miwacles.

Jesus was not famous in his day. If there were no Bible, there would have been no record of him. The record belongs to his four disciples; nobody else has ever mentioned him, whether he existed or not. He was not famous. He was not successful. Can you think of a greater failure than Jesus? But, by and by, he became more and more significant; by and by, people recognized him. It takes time.

The merit of Mahomet is that he founded a religion without an inferno.

If we could view Muhammad as we do any other important historical figure we would surely consider him to be one of the greatest geniuses the world has known.

Billy Graham is a boring, racist charlatan.

Reverend Smith, he recognized me and punched me in the nose.

Jesus was the First American.

The only figure in history who endures is Jesus.

Martin Luther King was never an up close and personal figure in the United States.

Abraham Lincoln was interested in, in saving the Union. Well, most negroes have been tricked into thinking that Lincoln was a negro lover whose primary aim was to free them, and he died because he freed them.

To support its conclusion that 'this is a religious people... this is a Christian nation,' the Court paraded a veritable litany of precedents from American history: taken from Church of the Holy Trinity v. U.S.; 143 U.S. 457-458 (1892).