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327 Lincoln quotes by 223 unique authors

Look on this cast, and know the hand That bore a nation in its hold; From this mute witness understand What Lincoln was - how… — Edmund Clarence Stedman
Lincoln would be just like me. He wouldn't know what the hell to do. — George W. Norris
In history, she wasn't there while we reenacted the Lincoln-Douglas Debate, and Mr. Lee tried to make me argue the Pro-Slavery side, most likely as… — Kami Garcia
I am a humanist because I think humanity can, with constant moral guidance, create reasonably decent societies. I think that young people who want to… — James A. Michener
For example, a man who might not have enormous charisma, who could be president 40 years ago, and who was a deserving president, I don't… — Sydney Pollack
The name of Abraham Lincoln is imperishable. — Matthew Simpson
Abraham Lincoln was not all brooding and melancholy and patient understanding. There was a hard core in him, and plenty of toughness. He could recognize… — Bruce Catton
Jesus and Lincoln, Moses and Jefferson can seem so long gone, so unbelievable, so dead. — Sarah Vowell
Lincoln, steeped in the Bible and Shakespeare, set an impossibly high bar for presidential prose. — Jonathan Raban
No president has come near to rivaling Lincoln as a writer. — Jonathan Raban
Those who knew Lincoln described him as an extraordinarily funny man. Humor was an essential aspect of his temperament. He laughed, he explained, so he… — Doris Kearns Goodwin
From the town of Lincoln Nebraska with a sawed off .410 on my lap, through the Badlands of Wyoming I killed everything in my path. — Bruce Springsteen
The party of Lincoln and Liberty was transmogrified into the party of hairy-backed swamp developers and corporate shills, faith-based economists, fundamentalist bullies with Bibles, Christians… — Garrison Keillor
Abraham Lincoln did not shoot John Wilkes Booth. Titanic did not sink a North Atlantic iceberg. And Fox News is neither fair nor balanced. These… — Keith Olbermann
Lincoln emancipated nobody. The man freed not a single slave. — L. Neil Smith
My personal assessment is that Dr. King is the greatest American we have ever produced. I can argue for Lincoln, I can argue for FDR,… — Tavis Smiley
If I have to be typecast, I'd like it to be as Abraham Lincoln. — Sam Waterston
Abraham Lincoln was on the side of the social scientists when he said, "God must have loved the people of lower and middle socioeconomic status,… — Edwin Newman
His [Gen. Douglas MacArthur's] own heroes were Lincoln and Washington, and in some ways he resembled them. — William Manchester
One longs for the presence of a leader like Lincoln, who openly admitted his doubts and as openly preserved his commitment. — Rollo May
Politics is the practical exercise of the art of self-government, and somebody must attend to it if we are to have self-government; somebody must study… — Elihu Root
Most historians agree that Abraham Lincoln was the most important man to ever occupy the White House because he abolished slavery and kept the states… — Kitty Kelley
George Washington and Abraham Lincoln were gay, just for starters. They didn't have a name for it, but their primary affections and intellectual attractions were… — Larry Kramer
The Republican Party, which John McCain led as our nominee in 2008, is going to become irrelevant if we become the party of intolerance and… — Ed Rollins
In high school, I discovered myself. I was interested in race relations and the legal profession. I read about Lincoln and that he believed the… — Constance Baker Motley

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