Although a madman, Norton wrote letters to Abraham Lincoln and Queen Victoria which they took seriously. — Kerry Thornley Copy Share Image
“Lincoln, Douglas and their contemporaries struggled to decide what the words “all men are created equal” really meant. Stephen A. Douglas and… — Georgiann Baldino Copy Share Image
“Not married until 33, Abraham Lincoln said, "A woman is the only thing I am afraid of that cannot hurt me.” — Shelby Foote Copy Share Image
That settled Abraham Lincoln with me. I was thoroughly satisfied that no such man ought to be President; but I could not… — John Sergeant Wise Copy Share Image
“{ When Abraham Lincoln was 26 years old in 1835, he wrote a defense of Thomas Paine 's deism; a political associate,… — Roy Basler Copy Share Image
“Lincoln grew immeasurably as he came to think of himself as an “instrument of God’s will.” — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“He was a secretive man, who kept his own counsel. He was an ambitious man of humble origins, with colossal designs on… — Daniel Mark Epstein Copy Share Image
“The problem is that we tend too often to read Lincoln's growth backward, as an unproblematic trajectory toward a predetermined end. This… — Eric Foner Copy Share Image
“I never understand these "the south will rise again" people. Again? It never rose before. It tried to and Lincoln stomped its… — T.J. Kirk Copy Share Image
“But where Lincoln’s absent hand was felt most keenly was in race relations. Black codes were passed in state after state across… — Jay Winik Copy Share Image
I therefore shared fully the intense chagrin of the New York and other State delegations when, on the third ballot, Abraham Lincoln… — Henry Villard Copy Share Image
“Abraham Lincoln suffered through depression through his life and then suffered through the pain of conducting a civil war, and emerged with… — David Brooks Copy Share Image
I think John Coltrane is one of the great American heroes, like Abraham Lincoln and Emily Dickinson. — Simon Van Booy Copy Share Image
“You don't get drown by falling into a river. You get drown by remaining there. Falling accidentally and rising immediately was what… — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
Abraham Lincoln, Teddy Roosevelt, Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan. They'd all fit more under the Libertarian label than the modern day Republican label. — Drew Carey Copy Share Image
My memoirs were written, and a portion of them already in the hands of the publishers, when the startling news came which… — Belle Boyd Copy Share Image
“I observed that most global achievers were first time global failures. It means, when you fail at your first attempt, perhaps that… — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
