Gettysburg address Quote by David Herbert Donald

As the chief speaker at the dedication of the national cemetery at the Gettysburg Battlefield, statesman Edward Everett wrote to Lincoln: I should be…

— Abraham Lincoln

The Gettysburg speech is at once the shortest and the most famous oration in American history. Put beside it, all the whoopings of the…

— Henry Lewis Mencken

it wasn't by accident that the Gettysburg address was so short.

— Ernest Hemingway

Today is the anniversary of the Gettysburg Address. President Lincoln wrote it on his way to the site of the speech on the back…

— David Letterman

One unexpectedly striking moment, when Tom Amandes as Lincoln, recites the Gettysburg Address, not in booming, this-is-a-great-speech style, but casually, as if chatting over…

— Neil Genzlinger

“it is impossible to have any deep understanding of Lincoln’s speech without thinking about the context of the speech: a memorial service.) Here”

— Terry Marselle

Lincoln's address at Gettysburg - 272 words dedicating a cemetery at the site of one of the Civil War's bloodiest battles - has been…

— Mike Quigley

Lincoln was not a good impromptu speaker; he was at his best when he could read from a carefully prepared manuscript, though maybe a…

— David Herbert Donald

Actually, you know who gave the shortest inauguration speech in history? George Washington. It was only like three minutes long. Well, sure. George Washington…

— Jay Leno

And, finally, Lincoln was not a good impromptu speaker; he was at his best when he could read from a carefully prepared manuscript. Though…

— David Herbert Donald

“Abraham Lincoln, perhaps the most loved president of the United States, was also the most criticized president. Probably no politician in history had worse…

— John C. Maxwell

“At the supreme moment of victory they cheered their Father Abraham, the man who, after a shaky start in office, learned how to command…

— James L. Swanson