I do not think you can fault Abraham Lincoln for picking…

Military metaphors are rarely exact, but sending Republicans against Democrats when the issue hangs in the balance is nearly always as futile as sending…

— Wesley Pruden

“By July 13, 1861, the Confederate forces in western Virginia had been eliminated by Union forces led by the “Young Napoleon,” George B. McClellan.…

— Charles River Editors

“The clear suggestion is that there ought not to be civilian control of the military. What have callow noncombatants giving brisk orders to grizzled…

— Christopher Hitchens

“These reconnoissances were made under the supervision of Captain Robert E. Lee, assisted by Lieutenants P. G. T. Beauregard, Isaac I. Stevens, Z. B.…

— Ulysses S. Grant

Yes, the rise in corporate power had roots in the gearing up for the Civil War. Abraham Lincoln was a Whig, a supporter of…

— William Lee Miller

Abraham Lincoln was not philosopher, exactly. But he did have a strong mind, which sought generalizations as well as particulars. He had a terrific…

— William Lee Miller

The situation Abraham Lincoln faced was unique. In his view, the United States was threatened with destruction, ruin, overthrow, perishing - all words that…

— William Lee Miller

Abraham Lincoln had great clarity of mind and expression, and he worked to make it clearer -reading Euclid in his early 30s to train…

— William Lee Miller

All presidents - particularly war presidents, presidents inclined to the imperial presidency - invoke Abraham Lincoln as a justification, but they omit these three…

— William Lee Miller

Abraham Lincoln had a deep realism; he did not deceive or mislead himself, but faced the world he had to deal with as it…

— William Lee Miller

Abraham Lincoln did not contend that his actions were immune from Congressional correction; on the contrary, he specifically said he was acting beyond the…

— William Lee Miller

Everybody faces obstacles. And I looked to people who had been through many to succeed in life. Abraham Lincoln, born to a poor family,…

— Dave Winfield

“Whatever you are, be a good one.”   Abraham Lincoln”

— Rriiver Nyile

Remember that Abraham Lincoln was a Whig far longer than he was a Republican. As a whole, the Whigs looked upon banks and corporations…

— Allen C. Guelzo

“If Abraham Lincoln were alive now, he'd roll over in his grave.”

— Gerald Ford