Franklin Graham Quotes

It's hard to pin down what it means to be an evangelical today. It's been diluted quite a bit. It is a powerful voting bloc, no question, but they're liberal as well as conservative - and they're made of Latinos, blacks, whites.

- Franklin Graham

When my mother passed away, we knew what she wanted on her tombstone, so I asked my father, so there wouldn't be any argument among us children, 'Daddy, what do you want on your tombstone?' He thought about that. He said, 'preacher.' So that's what's going to be on his tombstone. Preacher.

- Franklin Graham

We have taken God out of our education system. We have taken Him out of government. You have lawyers that sue you every time you mention the name of Jesus Christ in any public forum.

- Franklin Graham

There is no question that America has been a nation that has been blessed by almighty God. There is no other nation in the history of mankind that has done what His nation has done - and it's because of God's hand and His blessing.

- Franklin Graham

Everybody's got their phone up and everybody's taking recordings and posting it on YouTube and whatever and sending it to you, and it gets shown around the world.

- Franklin Graham

I believe Donald Trump is a good man. He did everything wrong as a candidate, and he won, and I don't understand it. Other than I think God put him there.

- Franklin Graham

In my opinion, Putin is right on these issues. Obviously, he may be wrong about many things, but he has taken a stand to protect his nation's children from the damaging effects of any gay and lesbian agenda.

- Franklin Graham

I don't think I've been to any country where everybody was supportive - there's always churches or groups who don't like my theology or that we associate with this group or that group.

- Franklin Graham

I think Newt Gingrich is a Christian; at least, he told me he is.

- Franklin Graham

All I know is that I'm a sinner and that God has forgiven me of my sins. Because I put my faith and trust in Jesus Christ.

- Franklin Graham

I was 22 years old when I asked Christ to come into my heart. You cannot be born a Christian; you can only be converted. And that is by putting your faith and trust in Christ.

- Franklin Graham

I don't condone bad language.

- Franklin Graham

Gay couples cannot have children. All they can do is recruit your child.

- Franklin Graham

I saw my father preach in Madison Square Garden, and I was a little embarrassed, I think, the first time I heard him preach. That's my father up there, and I kind of slid down in my chair.

- Franklin Graham

Jesus wasn't real loving sometimes. He called the Pharisees vipers, snakes, whitewashed tombs. So, you have to understand the world in which we live is dangerous.

- Franklin Graham

The man the world knew as Billy Graham was always 'Daddy' to me. I was well into my teens before I fully comprehended that my father had a household name and a worldwide ministry.

- Franklin Graham

Rather than seeking to stem the tide, our educators, politicians, and judges aid the advance of godlessness. This cannot continue if our children and grandchildren are to live in a country that still recognises God and upholds religious liberty.

- Franklin Graham

The God of Islam is not the same God of the Judaeo-Christian faith. The God that we worship in Christianity is a God that has a Son. To Islam, that is blasphemy, to say that God has a son. Therefore, they do not worship the God that we worship.

- Franklin Graham

Syria, for all its problems, at least has a constitution that guarantees equal protection of citizens. Around the world, we have seen that this is essential where Christians are a minority and are not protected.

- Franklin Graham

I have never really tried to forge my own identity. As followers of Jesus Christ, we ought to forge our identity in Him.

- Franklin Graham

My father has been faithful to the calling that God gave him: that is, to preach the Gospel... He has presented Christ to every person that God has put before him.

- Franklin Graham

I've never really been one to try to be politically correct. I just feel truth is truth, and sometimes I probably offend some people.

- Franklin Graham

The world is attacking Christians because they hate the name of Christ. And President Trump has been defending Christians.

- Franklin Graham

I regret any comments I have ever made which may have cast any doubt on the personal faith of our president, Mr. Obama.

- Franklin Graham

Only God can turn our nation and the hearts of its people.

- Franklin Graham

A secular worldview hostile to biblical values has overrun our culture and permeated our government.

- Franklin Graham

I just believe as a Christian, we are to show love; we are to show compassion to people, not to point the finger, not to do this, but to do this - to love them, to welcome them, to embrace them.

- Franklin Graham

God's word is the same, yesterday and today and a million years from now.

- Franklin Graham

Billy Graham that the world saw on television or saw on the big screen was the same Billy Graham that we saw at home. He wasn't two people.

- Franklin Graham

During my teens and early 20s, I proved to be anything but what most people expected Billy Graham's son to be. I'm so thankful he never gave up on me or quit loving me.

- Franklin Graham

I'm at least smart enough to know I could never fill Billy Graham's shoes, but I'm grateful he gave me an opportunity to help him finish his race on earth well and to continue his life's work.

- Franklin Graham

The Muslims want to force conversion. Christians want to persuade you to voluntarily change your heart to where you would say yes to Jesus Christ.

- Franklin Graham

Every life is precious to God. God created every one of us. He gave us a soul, and that soul will live as long as God lives.

- Franklin Graham

Our country's got a sin problem, and I believe if these politicians in Washington would recognize the moral failure of so many of their policies that maybe we could fix it.

- Franklin Graham

Jesus Christ came for me, and he came for each person that is infected with HIV/AIDS. God loves that person. He doesn't hate them. They've made mistakes. We've all made mistakes. But God loves them, God cares for them, and Jesus Christ died for their sins.

- Franklin Graham

I want to take my life and the time I have on this earth to try to tell others about Jesus, that Jesus Christ is God's son who took our sins to the Cross and shed His blood for our sins.

- Franklin Graham

We are losing our country and the freedoms we have enjoyed. As Bible-believing Christians, we are the ones who must take action before it's too late.

- Franklin Graham

I think AIDS can be won. I think we can win this fight. It is winnable. But it means behavior change.

- Franklin Graham

God empowered him; and my father, when he stood to preach, he wasn't preaching his message, he was preaching God's message.

- Franklin Graham

Most Christians would not recognize Mormonism as part of the Christian faith.

- Franklin Graham

I don't have any faith in the Republican Party. I don't have any faith in the Democrat Party. The only hope for this nation is God.

- Franklin Graham

We are all flawed people.

- Franklin Graham

We certainly love the Muslim people. But that is not the faith of this country. And that is not the religion that built this nation. The people of the Christian faith and the Jewish faith are the ones who built America, and it is not Islam.

- Franklin Graham

You have to look at what a person does with his life. Anyone can say that he's a Christian, but you look at how they live.

- Franklin Graham

We're in a sick world.

- Franklin Graham