I suppose I've been interested in Abraham Lincoln for almost as long as I can remember. My first Lincoln book was the… — 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… — Allen C. Guelzo Copy Share Image
The best one-volume biography of Abraham Lincoln is still Benjamin Thomas's 1952 biography. David Donald's 1995 biography is a close second, and… — Allen C. Guelzo Copy Share Image
When I need to stretch my legs, I can walk across the street to the museum and relax among the illustrations of… — Allen C. Guelzo Copy Share Image
Until the early 90s, when I was working on a project about the idea of free will in American philosophy. I knew… — Allen C. Guelzo Copy Share Image
It would be pleasant to believe that some of Lincoln's DNA is actively swimming around in somebody's soup, but all the evidence… — Allen C. Guelzo Copy Share Image
“One voice was raised in dissent. A Springfield lawyer, a former member of Congress and longtime Whig named Abraham Lincoln, took up… — Allen C. Guelzo Copy Share Image
I don't know that there has ever been a time when Abraham Lincoln didn't stand head-and-shoulders above all other presidents in the… — 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… — Allen C. Guelzo Copy Share Image
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
