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I had moved out of the Edison Hotel because I couldn't pay the bill and was living at the Lincoln Hotel, where I couldn't pay… — Allan Sherman
In our resolve to build a better world... we seek to summon what Abraham Lincoln called the better angels of our nature. — James Earl Jones
An important film that must be seen. Saving Lincoln is moving, ingenious, original and impressive. — Michael Medved
Secularists are wrong when they ask believers to leave their religion at the door before entering into the public square. Frederick Douglass, Abraham Lincoln, Williams… — Barack Obama
You complain and demand zero compromise - so the GOP obstructs Obama so the economy doesn't improve - then you complain and demand even more… — John Fugelsang
Though [Abraham Lincoln] never would travel to Europe, he went with Shakespeare's kings to Merry England; he went with Lord Byron poetry to Spain and… — Doris Kearns Goodwin
My movies more often are told through pictures, not words. But in this case, the pictures took second position to the incredible words of Abraham… — Steven Spielberg
Had there not been a Mary Todd, there would not have been an Abraham Lincoln. She found him when he was a young lawyer and… — Sally Field
Did you ever stop to thnk about all the people we kill? They're always people who tell us to live together in harmony and try… — George Carlin
Lincoln's removal from New Salem to Springfield and his entrance into a law partnership with Major John T. Stuart begin a distinctively new period in… — John George Nicolay
The openness of rural Nebraska certainly influenced me. That openness, in a way, fosters the imagination. But growing up, Lincoln wasn't a small town. It… — Matthew Sweet
Mr. Lincoln's elevation shows that in America every station in life may be honorable; that there is no barrier against the humblest; but that merit,… — Matthew Simpson
If she were a president, she'd be Baberham Lincoln. — Garth Brooks
Outside his office my father had a framed copy of a letter written by Abraham Lincoln to his son's teacher, translated into Pashto. It is… — Malala Yousafzai
Lincoln's reference to government of the people, by the people, for the people is a generally satisfactory definition of democracy. I say generally because when… — George Aiken
There used to be a thing or a commodity we put great store by. It was called the People. Find out where the People have… — John Steinbeck
I believe that the flag of the Confederate States of America is a painful symbol and reminder of racial injustice and slavery which (Abraham) Lincoln… — Howard Dean
Public agency is emergent, and the ability of the public to literally put any bank or corporation out of business overnight is looming. To paraphrase… — Robert David Steele
I was able to sit at Lincoln's side and see how he thought and how he acted, and how he felt about what was going… — David Herbert Donald
The big biography of Lincoln necessarily had to do so much with his political career, his ambitions, his accomplishments in public, with less time to… — David Herbert Donald
I'm not sure Lincoln would fare well if he were a presidential candidate today. — David Herbert Donald
Up through and including Lincoln, American politicians nursed a fantasy of repatriating blacks to Africa. — Ned Sublette
Mary Lincoln provided Elizabeth Keckley with opportunities for social and economic advancement she probably had never imagined during her years as a slave, while Elizabeth… — Jennifer Chiaverini
Lincoln was not a type. He stands alone - no ancestors, no fellows, no successors. — Robert Green Ingersoll
He raised his hands, not to strike, but in benediction. Lincoln was the grandest figure of the fiercest civil war. He is the gentlest memory… — Robert Green Ingersoll

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