--- title: "8 Lincoln Great Quotes by 8 authors" description: "Browse 8 Lincoln Great quotes by 8 authors. Discover the best Lincoln Great sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/703/allen-c-guelzo-17586_great-man_lincoln-was-the-first-great-man-that-i-t_975561.jpg" --- > [“Lincoln was “the first great man that I talked with in the United States freely who in no single instance reminded me…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/allen-c-guelzo/lincoln-was-the-first-great-man-that-i-talked-with-in-the-united/) [Allen C. Guelzo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/allen-c-guelzo/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/703/allen-c-guelzo-17586_great-man_lincoln-was-the-first-great-man-that-i-t_975561.jpg) > [Abraham Lincoln had great clarity of mind and expression, and he worked to make it clearer -reading Euclid in his early 30s…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-lee-miller/abraham-lincoln-had-great-clarity-of-mind-and-expression-and-he/) [William Lee Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-lee-miller/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b17/william-lee-miller-34730_clarity_abraham-lincoln-had-great-clarity-of-min_1295299.jpg) > [No president in history has been more vilified or was more vilivied during the time he was President than Lincoln. Those who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-m-nixon/no-president-in-history-has-been-more-vilified-or-was-more-vilivied/) [Richard M. Nixon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-m-nixon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9cf/richard-m-nixon-727_able_no-president-in-history-has-been-more-vi_1660737.jpg) > [The great example, the killer example in history, is of course Abraham Lincoln, the great emancipator. Read his speeches. Read the debates.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-ayers/the-great-example-the-killer-example-in-history-is-of-course-abraham/) [Bill Ayers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-ayers/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/def/bill-ayers-1848_abraham_the-great-example-the-killer-example-in_2059762.png) > [I cannot swallow whole the view of Lincoln as the Great Emancipator.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/i-cannot-swallow-whole-the-view-of-lincoln-as-the-great-emancipator/) [Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2f2/barack-obama-17_lincoln_i-cannot-swallow-whole-the-view-of-linco_2275167.jpg) > [Lincoln was not great because he was born in a log cabin, but because he got out of it](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-truslow-adams/lincoln-was-not-great-because-he-was-born-in-a-log-cabin-but-because/) [James Truslow Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-truslow-adams/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e95/james-truslow-adams-33481_born_lincoln-was-not-great-because-he-was-bor_2348788.jpg) > [There is no disputing that Lincoln was a great man.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/judy-biggert/there-is-no-disputing-that-lincoln-was-a-great-man/) [Judy Biggert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/judy-biggert/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8a5/judy-biggert-25155_great_there-is-no-disputing-that-lincoln-was-a_2928621.jpg) > [Mr. Lincoln was not only a great President, but a great man - too great to be small in anything. In his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-douglass/mr-lincoln-was-not-only-a-great-president-but-a-great-man-too-great/) [Frederick Douglass](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-douglass/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6a0/frederick-douglass-859_business_mr-lincoln-was-not-only-a-great-presiden_3180841.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/lincoln-great/#itemlist", "name": "Lincoln Great Quotes", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Lincoln was “the first great man that I talked with in the United States freely who in no single instance reminded me of the difference between himself and myself, or the difference of color.”92 Nor did Lincoln mean”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Allen C. 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