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> [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 offered much in the way of determined opposition. William Herndon said that they always thanked the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/allen-c-guelzo/corporations-did-not-achieve-the-scale-we-normally-associate-with/)

[Allen C. Guelzo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/allen-c-guelzo/)

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## More by Allen C. Guelzo

> [Remember that Abraham Lincoln was a Whig far longer than he was a Republican. As a whole, the Whigs looked upon banks and corporations…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/allen-c-guelzo/remember-that-abraham-lincoln-was-a-whig-far-longer-than-he-was-a/)

[Allen C. Guelzo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/allen-c-guelzo/)

> [Abraham Lincoln would have been happy to have solved the slavery problem by compensation - in fact, drew up a gradual, compensated emancipation plan…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/allen-c-guelzo/abraham-lincoln-would-have-been-happy-to-have-solved-the-slavery/)

[Allen C. Guelzo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/allen-c-guelzo/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/allen-c-guelzo/i-suppose-i-ve-been-interested-in-abraham-lincoln-for-almost-as-long/)

[Allen C. Guelzo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/allen-c-guelzo/)

> [The one who pursues revenge should dig two graves.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/allen-c-guelzo/the-one-who-pursues-revenge-should-dig-two-graves/)

[Allen C. Guelzo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/allen-c-guelzo/)

> [Patriotism without criticism has no head; criticism without patriotism has no heart.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/allen-c-guelzo/patriotism-without-criticism-has-no-head-criticism-without-patriotism/)

[Allen C. Guelzo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/allen-c-guelzo/)

> [“Men who are industrious, and sober, and honest in the pursuit of their own interests should after a while accumulate capital, and after that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/allen-c-guelzo/men-who-are-industrious-and-sober-and-honest-in-the-pursuit-of-their/)

[Allen C. Guelzo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/allen-c-guelzo/)

> [“The question is simply this: Can a negro, whose ancestors were imported into this country, and sold as slaves, become a member of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/allen-c-guelzo/the-question-is-simply-this-can-a-negro-whose-ancestors-were-imported/)

[Allen C. Guelzo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/allen-c-guelzo/)

> [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/allen-c-guelzo/have-got-lee-just-where-i-want-him-he-must-fight-me-on-my-own-ground/)

[Allen C. Guelzo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/allen-c-guelzo/)

> [“On the side of the Union,” Lincoln said, it is a struggle for maintaining in the world, that form, and substance of government, whose…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/allen-c-guelzo/on-the-side-of-the-union-lincoln-said-it-is-a-struggle-for/)

[Allen C. Guelzo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/allen-c-guelzo/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/allen-c-guelzo/corporations-did-not-achieve-the-scale-we-normally-associate-with/)

[Allen C. Guelzo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/allen-c-guelzo/)

> [“It seems only human nature to hang the label irrational on what we do not understand, since it is easy for us to assume…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/allen-c-guelzo/it-seems-only-human-nature-to-hang-the-label-irrational-on-what-we-do/)

[Allen C. Guelzo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/allen-c-guelzo/)

> [“Lincoln was “the first great man that I talked with in the United States freely who in no single instance reminded me of the…](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/)

> [“And so Jefferson wrote the Northwest Ordinance of 1787, which organized the new territories of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, and Wisconsin so that slavery…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/allen-c-guelzo/and-so-jefferson-wrote-the-northwest-ordinance-of-1787-which/)

[Allen C. Guelzo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/allen-c-guelzo/)

> [“The struggle of the Union and Confederate economies to supply and support their armies thus became a reflection of the prewar antagonism between liberal…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/allen-c-guelzo/the-struggle-of-the-union-and-confederate-economies-to-supply-and/)

[Allen C. Guelzo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/allen-c-guelzo/)

> [It is possible to have pardon without forgiveness-a murderer can be pardoned by the governor, but that does not mean the victim's family has…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/allen-c-guelzo/it-is-possible-to-have-pardon-without-forgiveness-a-murderer-can-be/)

[Allen C. Guelzo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/allen-c-guelzo/)

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