Abraham Quote by Bill Oberst Jr

Abraham Lincoln is the guy who could never be elected today, but whom we desperately wish we could elect.

— Bill Oberst Jr

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

— David Herbert Donald

For me, Lincoln is like just a handful of people - a Gandhi, or a Picasso, or a Martin Luther King Jr. - who…

— Barack Obama

I think we have reason to thank God for Abraham Lincoln. With all his deficiencies, it must be admitted that he has grown continually.

— Lydia M. Child

Abraham Lincoln was not all brooding and melancholy and patient understanding. There was a hard core in him, and plenty of toughness. He could…

— Bruce Catton

Lincoln would be just like me. He wouldn't know what the hell to do.

— George W. Norris

Lincoln would love the fact that Obama is such a great conciliator, trying to transcend ideology.

— Henry Louis Gates

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

Mr. Lincoln was not only a great President, but a great man - too great to be small in anything. In his company I…

— Frederick Douglass

Lincoln is me. He is America. He is what makes us a great nation and a dangerous nation, all wrapped up in one man.

— Bill Oberst Jr

If I have to be typecast, I'd like it to be as Abraham Lincoln.

— Sam Waterston

That settled Abraham Lincoln with me. I was thoroughly satisfied that no such man ought to be President; but I could not yet conceive…

— John Sergeant Wise