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And I don't care what it is
"And I don't care what it is" is a phrase attributed to U.S. President Dwight Eisenhower, and often misquoted.〔Henry (1981) p. 35-38.〕 For example, one encyclopedia says: "Eisenhower once remarked that 'America makes no sense without a deeply held faith in God—and I don't care what it is.'"〔Paul A. Djupe and Laura R. Olson, ''Encyclopedia of American religion and politics'' (2003) p. 148.〕 Some commentators, such as Will Herberg, argued that Eisenhower favored a generic, watered-down religion, or ridiculed Eisenhower's banality.〔Henry (1981) p 38, 42, 44〕 What Eisenhower actually said, when he was President-elect, was that the American form of government since 1776 was based on Judeo-Christian moral values. Speaking extemporaneously on December 22, 1952, a month before his inauguration, Eisenhower actually said:
In a 1981 article regarding the quote, Professor Patrick Henry concluded that the line meant that Eisenhower was including other religious possibilities, such as a Buddhist democracy.〔Henry (1981) p. 41.〕
Eisenhower at the time was not a church member. Born into a family of Pennsylvania Dutch Mennonites who later became Jehovah's Witnesses, Eisenhower's decision to pursue a military and then a political career put him at odds with the Witnesses' pacifistic and apolitical doctrines and despite being religious did not belong to any congregation during his time in the Army; he became a Presbyterian in 1953, after his first election. He sponsored prayers at cabinet sessions and held prayer breakfasts. But when the local minister boasted that Eisenhower was joining his church the president exploded to his press secretary, "You go and tell that goddam minister that if he gives out one more story about my religious faith I will not join his goddam church!"
==See also==
* American civil religion
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