Abraham Lincoln did have intellectual instincts, a tremendous curiosity on a broad range of subjects, and a near-photographic memory for what he read. He was, at the end of the day, a politician: politics were his heaven, said William Herndon.… — Allen C. Guelzo Copy Share Image
Remember that Abraham Lincoln was a Whig far longer than he was a Republican. As a whole, the Whigs looked upon banks and corporations as a more efficient means of development; the Jacksonian Democrats thought they were the tools of the devil, but Whigs like Lincoln disagreed. During his presidency, Lincoln favored the re-construction of a national financial system, and… — Allen C. Guelzo Copy Share
Abraham Lincoln would have been happy to have solved the slavery problem by compensation - in fact, drew up a gradual, compensated emancipation plan… — Allen C. Guelzo Copy Share Image
I suppose I've been interested in Abraham Lincoln for almost as long as I can remember. My first Lincoln book was the Classics Illustrated… — Allen C. Guelzo Copy Share Image
Patriotism without criticism has no head; criticism without patriotism has no heart. — Allen C. Guelzo Copy Share Image
“Men who are industrious, and sober, and honest in the pursuit of their own interests should after a while accumulate capital, and after that… — Allen C. Guelzo Copy Share Image
“The question is simply this: Can a negro, whose ancestors were imported into this country, and sold as slaves, become a member of the… — Allen C. Guelzo Copy Share Image
“have got Lee just where I want him; he must fight me on my own ground.” So he waited to see what would happen—which… — Allen C. Guelzo Copy Share Image
“On the side of the Union,” Lincoln said, it is a struggle for maintaining in the world, that form, and substance of government, whose… — Allen C. Guelzo Copy Share Image
Corporations did not achieve the scale we normally associate with them until the 1880s; but it's still hard to imagine that Abraham Lincoln would… — Allen C. Guelzo Copy Share Image
“It seems only human nature to hang the label irrational on what we do not understand, since it is easy for us to assume… — Allen C. Guelzo Copy Share Image
“Lincoln was “the first great man that I talked with in the United States freely who in no single instance reminded me of the… — Allen C. Guelzo Copy Share Image
