Abraham lincoln Quote by Clinton R. LeFort

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

Our party was built upon the beliefs of President Abraham Lincoln, who took the significant step to put us on the long path for…

— Will Hurd

He (President Abraham Lincoln) has a face like a hoosier Michael Angelo, so awful ugly it becomes beautiful, with its strange mouth, its deep-cut,…

— Walt Whitman

“On the moonless night of April 14, 1865, days after a plot to blow up the White House failed, John Wilkes Booth killed President…

— Jane Singer

“Upon being given a Bible, President Abraham Lincoln replied, "In regard to this Great book, I have but to say, it is the best…

— Elton Trueblood

“On the moonless night of April 14, 1865, days after a plot to blow up the White House failed, John Wilkes Booth killed President…

— Jane Singer

There are certain things we can only do together. There are certain things only a union can do. Only a union could harness the…

— Barack Obama

Historical science is not worse, more restricted, or less capable of achieving firm conclusions because experiment, prediction, and subsumption under invariant laws of nature…

— Stephen Jay Gould

I am asked often about Abraham Lincoln's mistakes and faults; he certainly made some mistakes. I have chapter in President Lincoln about the Powhatan…

— William Lee Miller

President Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863, but prior to signing the Emancipation Proclamation, President Lincoln signed the Emancipation Act on…

— Al N. Green

The Emancipation Proclamation, signed by President Abraham Lincoln, was put into effect on January 1, 1863, but news of the Proclamation and enforcement did…

— Corrine Brown

“In 1865, President Abraham Lincoln convinced Congress to pass the 13th Amendment to the Constitution, which abolished slavery throughout the nation. 4)”

— Mary Pope Osborne

“intellectual symbol of the development of the American Educational system under the 1862 Morrill Act of Abraham Lincoln”

— Clinton R. LeFort

Remember that Abraham Lincoln was a Whig far longer than he was a Republican. As a whole, the Whigs looked upon banks and corporations…

— Allen C. Guelzo

“If Abraham Lincoln were alive now, he'd roll over in his grave.”

— Gerald Ford