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...I never heard him abuse an enemy. Some of the cruel things said about President Lincoln, particularly in the North, used to pierce him to… — Ulysses S. Grant
I have broken all ties that bind me to the (U.S.) Army, not suddenly, impulsively, but conscientiously and after due deliberation. I sacrifice more to… — Unknown Author
Dictatorship played a decisive role in the North's successful effort to maintain the Union by force of arms...one man was the government of the United… — Clinton Rossiter
...our state will not...secede. Have no doubt but Lincoln will make a good president - at least we ought to give him a fair trial. — John Hunt Morgan
Abraham Lincoln comes from nothing, has no education, no money, lives in the middle of nowhere on the frontier. And despite the fact that he… — Seth Grahame-Smith
Lincoln said that the Patent Office adds the flame of interest to the light of creativity. And that is why we need to improve the… — Jay Inslee
What I would give, I thought, to have been present as Elizabeth Keckley measured Mary Lincoln for a new gown, to overhear their conversations on… — Jennifer Chiaverini
Mr. Lincoln is already defeated. He cannot be re-elected. — Horace Greeley
Who freed the slaves? To the extent that they were ever u2018freed,' they were freed by the Thirteenth Amendment, which was authored and pressured into… — Lerone Bennett, Jr.
Lincoln is theology, not historiology. He is a faith, he is a church, he is a religion, and he has his own priests and acolytes,… — Lerone Bennett, Jr.
Abraham Lincoln once said that if you are a racist, I will attack you with the north. And those are the principles that I carry… — Michael Scott
As we go from Abraham Lincoln to Theodore Roosevelt to Mitt Romney, I now understand why the Republicans don't believe in evolution. — Andy Borowitz
While Lincoln thus became a lawyer, he did not cease to remain a politician. — John George Nicolay
Nobody understood better than Mr. Lincoln the obvious truth that in politics it does not suffice merely to nominate candidates. Something must also be done… — John George Nicolay
Lincoln's stature and strength, his intelligence and ambition - in short, all the elements which gave him popularity among men in New Salem, rendered him… — John George Nicolay
It turned out in the long run that Lincoln's credit and the popular confidence that supported it were as valuable both to his creditors and… — John George Nicolay
The post-war loss of Churchill may have damaged the Western world with the same impact as the post-civil war world was damaged by the loss… — Warren Adler
Abraham Lincoln recognized that we could not survive as a free land when some men could decide that others were not fit to be free… — Ronald Reagan
The purpose of the memorial is to communicate the founding, expansion, preservation, and unification of the United States with colossal statues of Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln,… — Gutzon Borglum
Take advice, but not orders. Only give yourself orders. Abraham Lincoln once said, 'Since I will be no one's slave, I will be no one's… — Jim Rohn
I assume, gladly, that in the allocation to America of remarkable leaders like Thomas Jefferson, George Washington, and Abraham Lincoln, the Lord was just as… — Neal A. Maxwell
Mummy, I woke today and there was a Lincoln Log in me sock drawer! ... That's the story of Jesus. — Bill Hicks
This play John Drinkwater's Abraham Lincoln holds the season's record, thus far, with a run of four evening performances and one matinee. By an odd… — Dorothy Parker
The cruelest thing that has happened to Lincoln since he was shot by Booth was to fall into the hands of Carl Sandburg. — Edmund Wilson
I discovered that Robert Todd Lincoln was there for each of the first three assassinations. I wanted to write about the Lincoln Memorial, so when… — Sarah Vowell

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