Lincoln had no such person that he could talk with. Often, as a result, he debated with himself, and he would draw up a kind of list of the pros and cons of an argument, and carefully figure them out,… — David Herbert Donald Copy Share Image
The big biography of Lincoln necessarily had to do so much with his political career, his ambitions, his accomplishments in public, with less time to spend on his private life, his inner life, and I thought this might be a… — 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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
“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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
“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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
I love mysteries, and I read them every night before I go to bed. — David Herbert Donald 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 maybe a… — David Herbert Donald Copy Share Image
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 Image
