Abe Quote by Dana Gould

Lincoln would be just like me. He wouldn't know what the hell to do.

— George W. Norris

“I stared in awe at the Lincoln Memorial. If Honest Abe had come to life and somehow managed to lift his bony twenty-three-foot, four-inch…

— Paul Beatty

Lincoln would love the fact that Obama is such a great conciliator, trying to transcend ideology.

— Henry Louis Gates

“Lincoln had a masterful grasp of great subjects. He was able to look at events from all sides, so as to appreciate how they…

— Henry Ketcham

I'm not sure Lincoln would fare well if he were a presidential candidate today.

— David Herbert Donald

If Lincoln were alive today, he'd be turning over in his grave.

— Gerald R. Ford

Lincoln had no such person that he could talk with. Often, as a result, he debated with himself, and he would draw up a…

— David Herbert Donald

“This, then, is a story of Lincoln’s political genius revealed through his extraordinary array of personal qualities that enabled him to form friendships with…

— Doris Kearns Goodwin

Abraham Lincoln did have intellectual instincts, a tremendous curiosity on a broad range of subjects, and a near-photographic memory for what he read. He…

— Allen C. Guelzo

Abraham Lincoln was not all brooding and melancholy and patient understanding. There was a hard core in him, and plenty of toughness. He could…

— Bruce Catton

If you read with empathy what Lincoln went through, then you realize what you're going through is nothing compared to what he went through.

— George W. Bush

Lincoln was the greatest speaker and he was ridiculed for how he looked, you know?

— Kevin Costner