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“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

Lincoln was the greatest speaker and he was ridiculed for how he looked, you know?

— Kevin Costner

The American's conviction that he must be able to look any man in the eye and tell him to go to hell is the…

— Walter Lippmann

“I’m gonna make race the basis of politics in this state, and I’m gonna make it the basis of politics in this country.” Later,…

— Bill O'Reilly

“A man who has suffered some humiliation invents a theory that he is King of England, and develops all kinds of ingenious explanations of…

— Bertrand Russell

Lincoln is theology, not historiology. He is a faith, he is a church, he is a religion, and he has his own priests and…

— Lerone Bennett, Jr

Viewing the man from the genuine abolitionist ground, Mr. Lincoln seemed cold, tardy, weak and unequal to the task. But, viewing him from the…

— Frederick Douglass

“Like so many, he felt that his primary obligation was to Virginia. He had hoped for a political resolution, hoping to avoid war, having…

— Charles River Editors

If you look at photos of the Gettysburg Address there's a guy off to the right who I think is Keith Richards.

— Dave Barry

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 is such an iconic figure in American history. He seems to reflect so many elements of American culture that we consider essential, whether…

— Eric Foner

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