It is very hard to answer the oft-posed questions about how Abraham Lincoln would respond to some current condition. My favorite story on that count is that the late great Lincoln scholar Don Fehrebacher was asked, during the struggles over… — William Lee Miller Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
The US did not have any big supply of good generals in Civil War, and some it did have went with the rebels. If… — William Lee Miller Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
After I published a book called Lincoln's Virtues a wit said that my next book should be Lincoln's Vices. But in my opinion that… — William Lee Miller Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
I do not think you can fault Abraham Lincoln for picking generals that did not work out, because, as he said to John Hay… — William Lee Miller Copy Share Image
I am asked often about Abraham Lincoln's mistakes and faults; he certainly made some mistakes. I have chapter in President Lincoln about the Powhatan… — William Lee Miller Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
There was specific constitutional provision for emergency measures in the case that Abraham Lincoln faced - an insurrection - which no other president has… — William Lee Miller Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
