"I can see how it might be possible for a man to look down upon the earth and be an atheist, but I cannot conceive how a man could look up into the heavens and say there is no God."
"Achievement has no color"
"Take all that you can of this book upon reason, and the balance on faith, and you will live and die a happier man. (When a skeptic expressed surprise to see him reading a Bible)"
"Republicans are for both the man and the dollar, but in case of conflict the man before the dollar."
"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."
"Those who look for the bad in people will surely find it."