“Lincoln's Gettysburg Address was 272 words and he delivered it under three minutes. He labored on it for days. The "featured speaker," Edward Everett, rambled on for two hours. Most people don't even remember his name, never mind what he said.” — David Herbert Donald Copy Share Image
Maybe I will write a memoir, perhaps I'll do some essays, or maybe I will write a mystery story. — David Herbert Donald Copy Share
In Lincoln's day a President's religion was a very private affair. There were no public prayer meetings, no attempts to woo the Religious Right.… — David Herbert Donald Copy Share
But I have tried to go over it very carefully, not merely what the evidence is, but with psychoanalysts and psychologists, and I think… — David Herbert Donald Copy Share
“Lincoln's Gettysburg Address was 272 words and he delivered it under three minutes. He labored on it for days. The "featured speaker," Edward Everett,… — David Herbert Donald Copy Share
And, finally, 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
Well, it seems to me Lincoln, I suppose, is kind of a model of a particular sort of presidency, a presidency that first of… — David Herbert Donald Copy Share
“Sumner’s mind keeping the peace abroad was connected with freeing the slaves at home. Repeatedly he tried to convince Lincoln that by issuing an… — David Herbert Donald Copy Share
The more I have studied Lincoln, the more I have followed his thought processes, the more I am convinced that he understood leadership better… — David Herbert Donald Copy Share
At the beginning, Lincoln was so inexperienced he had reverence for military expertise, not realizing that there wasn't any military expertise, that the most… — David Herbert Donald Copy Share
Lincoln was not a good impromptu speaker; he was at his best when he could read from a carefully prepared manuscript, though maybe a… — David Herbert Donald Copy Share
I think, with the gay liberation movement has had need for heroes and heroines, and it would be rather nice to have Abraham Lincoln… — David Herbert Donald Copy Share
I was able to sit at Lincoln's side and see how he thought and how he acted, and how he felt about what was… — David Herbert Donald Copy Share
Lincoln had no such person that he could talk with. Often, as a result, he debated with himself, and he would draw up a… — David Herbert Donald Copy Share
If you think about it, the historian's task is like that of the detective. — David Herbert Donald Copy Share
