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Abraham Lincoln

When I do good, I feel good. When I do bad, I feel bad. That's my religion.

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Abraham Lincoln is saying that his sense of right and wrong is guided by how his actions make him feel emotionally. He treats his personal feelings of satisfaction or guilt as his moral compass instead of following formal religious rules.

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