Believe Quote by Abraham Lincoln

Lincoln was right about not fooling all the people all the time. But Republicans haven't given up trying.

— Lyndon B. Johnson

“When Lincoln was running for the House of Representatives from Illinois, he was charged with being “a scoffer at religion,” wrote the historian William…

— Jon Meacham

“This, then, is a story of Lincoln’s political genius revealed through his extraordinary array of personal qualities that enabled him to form friendships with…

— Doris Kearns Goodwin

It is therefore not to be wondered at that Lincolns single term in the House of Representatives at Washington added practically nothing to his…

— John George Nicolay

It is therefore not to be wondered at that Lincoln's single term in the House of Representatives at Washington added practically nothing to his…

— John George Nicolay

“Over the course of his career, Abraham Lincoln had a staggering record of lost elections and public-office failures. For the ungainly lawyer from Illinois,…

— Jeff Olson

“In my first interview with Mr. Lincoln alone he stated to me that he had never professed to be a military man or to…

— Ulysses S. Grant

Because Lincoln is so closely identified with what it is to be American, everyone wants to claim him, to rewrite his story to satisfy…

— Henry Louis Gates

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

“It may be true, as Lincoln supposed, that “you can’t fool all the people all the time,” but you can fool enough of them…

— Will Durant

“You do not know the dishonest purposes of these men as well as I do,” Douglas told Lincoln of the secessionists. “If I were…

— Scott Farris

I'm not sure Lincoln would fare well if he were a presidential candidate today.

— David Herbert Donald