You cannot be President of the United States if you don't have faith. Remember Lincoln, going to his knees in times of trial in the Civil War and all that stuff.
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Do I think faith will be an important part of being a good president? Yes, I do.
Lincoln said you cannot be President without spending some item on your knees. I have repeated that and a bunch of Atheists got all over me. Wait a minute. Does that mean that you cannot be President if you are an Atheist? I say yea that does mean that.
A candidate's faith is not the only consideration, but should be a major consideration in electing the president of the United States.
When I was a boy I was told that anybody could become President; I'm beginning to believe it.
I have never been in doubt since I was old enough to think intelligently that I would someday be made president.
There's always an element of self delusion among people who believe they ought to be President. There's an underestimation of your opponent and an overestimation of your own abilities. This is compatible with being rich and powerful, the idea that we were blessed by God because we deserve to be blessed.
I said I didn't want to run for president. I didn't ask you to believe me.
I don't need faith.
I'm used to people not paying me a whole lot of attention and underestimating me and, frankly, for me a big challenge is to have people believe that I can be the president of the United States.
If you think you can win, you can win. Faith is necessary to victory.
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