Abraham Quote by Bill Oberst Jr

Abraham Lincoln comes from nothing, has no education, no money, lives in the middle of nowhere on the frontier. And despite the fact that…

— Seth Grahame-Smith

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

— David Herbert Donald

“any time I feel like quitting, I just look at a framed poster I have hanging in our office: • He failed in business in…

— Mona Lisa Harding

Abraham Lincoln is resolute, honest, has the best interest of the nation at heart, and he's as ugly as homemade Sunday sin, so he…

— Bill Oberst Jr

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

Nobody understood better than Mr. Lincoln the obvious truth that in politics it does not suffice merely to nominate candidates. Something must also be…

— John George Nicolay

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

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

— Sam Waterston

Mr. Lincoln is already defeated. He cannot be re-elected.

— Horace Greeley

I can be the most presidential person ever, other than possibly the great Abe Lincoln, all right?

— Donald Trump

“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

People don't realize what a brilliant politician Lincoln was. Looking back, we want to ascribe a level of providence to his every decision but…

— Henry Louis Gates