Abraham Lincoln Quotes
l know there is a God, and that He hates injustice and slavery. I see the storm coming, and I know that His hand is in it. If he has a place and work for me—and I think He has—I believe I am ready.
Abraham Lincoln, 1809-1865, 16th President of the United States (Republican, IL), Quoted in Joseph Gilbert Holland, The Life of Abraham Lincoln, 1886
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While most American leaders in 1776 advocated separation of church and state, others did not. There probably has been no better statement for religion in government than this one. Essentially, this view has been held by orthodox Christians, Jews, Muslims and has been at the heart of every theocracy such as Iran.
Husayn Ali Nuri. The Persians executed Bahai as they considered these new religionists as Muslim heretics and Sharia—Islamic law—specified the death penalty for all the Muslims who convert or try and change the religion. After the Iranian revolution with the downfall of the Shah, the practice of executing Bahai in Iran was continued.
Abraham Lincoln was an American politician and lawyer who served as the 16th President of the United States from March 1861 until his assassination in April 1865. Lincoln led the United States through its Civil War—its bloodiest war and its greatest moral, constitutional, and political crisis. In doing so, he preserved the Union, abolished slavery, strengthened the federal government, and modernized the economy.