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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. Few… — David Herbert Donald
Lincoln was not a good impromptu speaker; he was at his best when he could read from a carefully prepared manuscript, though maybe a teleprompter… — David Herbert Donald
Visually Agincourt is a pre-Raphaelite, perhaps better a Medici Gallery print battle - a composition of strong verticals and horizontals and a conflict of rich… — John Keegan
If you're going to be born ugly and be an actor - the least they can do is let you play Lincoln. — Sam Waterston
The playwright's rendition of Abraham Lincoln remembers a pitiful little paddlewheel he saw that he could only generate steam to EITHER blow the ship's whistle… — Norman Corwin
I have always compared our traditions of liberty, like those of Abraham Lincoln and Ho Chi Minh. — Hanoi Hannah
The first time I heard Ron Whitehead read I felt what I imagine those who heard Abraham Lincoln deliver The Gettysburg Address felt. — David Amram
If an honest man is the noblest work of God, then Mr. Lincoln's title to high nobility is clear and unquestioned. — Matthew Simpson
"Angelophany" is the visible or otherwise tangible manifestation of angels to human beings. Abraham Lincoln frequently mentioned that he was visited by angels at the… — James R. Lewis
I told myself, "Lincoln, you can never make a lawyer if you do not understand what demonstrate means." So I left my situation in Springfield,… — Abraham Lincoln
The death of Mrs. Lincoln was a serious loss to her husband and children. Abraham's sister Sarah was only eleven years old, and the tasks… — John George Nicolay
In 1862, Abraham Lincoln signed the Homestead Act, a bill opening one half million square miles of territory in the western United States for settlement. — Peter Agre
President Lincoln chose to fight a bloody and unpopular war because he believed the enemy had to be defeated. He was right. — Pete Hegseth
The secession of the Southern States, individually or in the aggregate, was the certain consequence of Mr. Lincoln's election. — Belle Boyd
And why should we, of all people, expect the proud new developing nations to see the world precisely as we see it? Was any new… — Chester Bowles
I read a funny story about how the Republicans freed the slaves. The Republicans are the ones who created slavery by law in the 1600's.… — Marion Barry
When Marconi suggested the possibility of wireless transmission of sound (the radio),he was committed to a mental institution. But people like Lincoln, Edison, and Marconi… — John Powell
Some folks think I painted Lincoln from life, but I haven't been around that long. Not quite. — Norman Rockwell
Abraham Lincoln, in order to maintain the unity of the United Statesresorted to the use of force.so, I think Abraham Lincoln, president, is a model,… — Zhu Rongji
When someone asked Abraham Lincoln, after he was elected president, what he was going to do about his enemies, he replied, "I am going to… — Abraham Lincoln
President Lincoln was once criticized for his attitude toward his enemies. "Why do you try to make friends of them?" asked an associate. "You should… — Abraham Lincoln
It was not until the Abraham Lincoln administration that an income tax was imposed on Americans. Its stated purpose was to finance the war, but… — Walter E. Williams
There are no whys in a person's life, and very few hows. In the end, in search of useful wisdom, you could only come back… — Chad Harbach
The age of Lincoln and Jefferson memorials is over. It will be presidential libraries from now on. — Ada Louise Huxtable
Was not Abraham Lincoln an extremist? - "This nation cannot survive half slave and half free." — Martin Luther King, Jr.

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