"And I don't care what it is" is a phrase attributed to U.S. President Dwight Eisenhower, and often misquoted.
[1]: 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.
[1]: 38, 42, 44 Speaking extemporaneously on December 22, 1952, a month before his inauguration, Eisenhower actually said: And this is how they [the Founding Fathers in 1776] explained those: "we hold that all men are endowed by their Creator..." not by the accident of their birth, not by the color of their skins or by anything else, but "all men are endowed by their Creator".
In other words, our form of government has no sense unless it is founded in a deeply felt religious faith, and I don't care what it is.
[1]: 41 [a]In a 1981 article regarding the quote, Swarthmore College professor Patrick Henry concluded that the line meant that Eisenhower included other religious possibilities, such as a Buddhist democracy.