At least George W. Bush feels like - and I've heard him say it - "You can't judge me now, because look… — Josh Brolin Copy Share Image
The Lord's Prayer is 66 words, the Gettysburg Address is 286 words, and there are 1,322 words in the Declaration of Independence.… — David McIntosh Copy Share Image
A recent government publication on the marketing of cabbage contains, according to one report, 26,941 words. It is noteworthy in this regard… — Norman Ralph Augustine Copy Share Image
“Same difference,” he said. “The South lost and the North won. Abraham Lincoln came and gave the Emancipation Proclamation.” “The Gettysburg Address,”… — J.M. Darhower Copy Share Image
Fourscore and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
The first time I heard Ron Whitehead read I felt what I imagine those who heard Abraham Lincoln deliver The Gettysburg Address… — David Amram Copy Share Image
“At first she thought the writing would be easy. She was extremely confident in her ability to dream, to imagine, and she… — N. Scott Momaday Copy Share Image
One unexpectedly striking moment, when Tom Amandes as Lincoln, recites the Gettysburg Address, not in booming, this-is-a-great-speech style, but casually, as if… — Neil Genzlinger Copy Share Image
“Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation, conceived in liberty and dedicated to… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
“I’m about as political as a Bengal tiger. . . . I have a feeling that a nation is more than just government, laws and… — Scott Eyman Copy Share Image
“Imagine us saying to children: "In the last fifty or so years, the human race has become aware of a great deal… — Doris Lessing Copy Share Image
“Abraham Lincoln, perhaps the most loved president of the United States, was also the most criticized president. Probably no politician in history… — John C. Maxwell Copy Share Image
“The people who visit the [Lincoln] memorial always look like an advertisement for democracy, so bizarrely, suspiciously diverse that one time I… — Sarah Vowell Copy Share Image
The nation was founded and "dedicated," to use Lincoln's language in the "Gettysburg Address," to equality as a "self-evident truth." But this… — Ronald Takaki Copy Share Image
When I went to an Aspen seminar on "American Scriptures" - the bicentennial of the Declaration and they discussed the preamble and… — William Lee Miller Copy Share Image
If a picture is worth a thousand words, please paint me the Gettysburg Address. — Leo Rosten Copy Share Image
