I had not got over the prejudice against Lincoln with which my personal contact with him in 1858 imbued me. — Henry Villard Copy Share Image
“The hen is the wisest of all the animal creation, because she never cackles until the egg is laid.” — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
“Everyone, it seemed to me, ought to know about Lincoln Steffens.” — Peter Hartshorn Copy Share Image
It has always seemed to me that Barack Obama has studied intensely and learned a great deal from Lincoln. — Tony Kushner Copy Share Image
Besides getting shot in the back of the head, do you know what else Abraham Lincoln did? — Danny Mcbride Copy Share Image
It is almost always a mistake to mention Abraham Lincoln. He always steals the show. — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
Lincoln was not a good impromptu speaker; he was at his best when he could read from a carefully prepared manuscript, though… — David Herbert Donald Copy Share Image
I received orders from Congress to proceed to Charleston in South Carolina, for the purpose of Co'operating with General Lincoln in the… — Abraham Whipple Copy Share Image
I admire Lincoln enormously and I think what's interesting about Lincoln is how he changes, it's not that he held the same… — Eric Foner Copy Share Image
'Lincoln' was a very sacred workplace. Everyone did a lot of research for that movie and wanted to show up informed and… — Jeremy Strong Copy Share Image
Not in vain has Lincoln lived, for he has helped to make this republic an example of justice, with no caste but… — George Bancroft Copy Share Image
I've always wanted to tell a story about Lincoln. I saw a paternal father figure; I saw someone who was completely, stubbornly… — Steven Spielberg Copy Share Image
I think also there's no question that Lincoln has been diluted down through history in some way, almost by becoming as iconic… — James Spader Copy Share Image
To give credit to Lincoln for moral progression seems beyond the facts and unnecessary for our appreciation of this arguably greatest of… — Fred Kaplan Copy Share Image
“She was throwing stars at him. It was hard to listen. It was hard to look at her. He still felt like… — Rainbow Rowell Copy Share Image
Let's assume for the moment that the logic behind Presidents Day is actually sound for certain presidents. Why not have a separate… — Ben Shapiro Copy Share Image
“He wants to believe that Shakespeare wrote all those books, that Lincoln fought the Civil War to free the slaves and the… — Paul Beatty Copy Share Image
Everybody faces obstacles. And I looked to people who had been through many to succeed in life. Abraham Lincoln, born to a… — Dave Winfield Copy Share Image
“It is a well known fact that Abraham Lincoln spent much of his spare time visiting wounded soldiers in Union Army hospitals.… — Eric Foner Copy Share Image
One decision I made in writing 'Henry and Clara' was that I would keep Lincoln's appearances and any dialogue by him to… — Thomas Mallon Copy Share Image
“Always, in Lincoln's mature theology, there is paradox. There is starting this, yet there is also tenderness; there is melancholy, yet there… — Elton Trueblood Copy Share Image
“Lincoln could easily have used the excuse of Seward’s incapacity to avoid consulting him at all. But that was not his way.… — Paul Johnson Copy Share Image
The life of Lincoln should never be passed by in silence by young or old. He touched the log cabin and it… — David Swing Copy Share Image
“Frederick Douglass called Republicans the ‘Party of freedom and progress,’ and the first Republican president was Abraham Lincoln, the author of the… — Elbert Guillory Copy Share Image
Lincoln has accepted America as a biracial society. He's talking about giving at least some black men the right to vote. In… — Eric Foner Copy Share Image
“I will say then that I am not, nor ever have been, in favor of bringing about in any way the social… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
“With Lincoln, the line between their two selves is blurred. She bathes him and wipes off every bodily fluid, and he sticks… — Gin Phillips Copy Share Image
“He was at last untrammelled by constitutional conditions and limitations, was free to carry the War into Africa. “Carthago est delenda” was… — Archibald Henry Grimke Copy Share Image
“… ‘Didn’t you ever wonder what it would be like to be with someone else?’ And you’ll say… Lincoln, what will you… — Rainbow Rowell Copy Share Image
“Grant deserves an honored place in American history, second only to Lincoln for what he did for the freed slaves. He got… — Ron Chernow Copy Share Image
