Abe Quote by Don Cornell

Lincoln did but pour the soul of the nation into the monumental act of universal liberty; and that soul was inspired by the gospel.

— Edward Thomson

Abraham Lincoln was killed by the forces of white supremacy.

— Ta-Nehisi Coates

Lincoln believed in the American people.

— Steven Spielberg

“Lincoln replied that he was more than willing to die, but that he had “done nothing to make any human being remember that he…

— Doris Kearns Goodwin

The glory that was Lincoln's never died when he was slain.

— Phil Ochs

Abraham Lincoln is singular. Abraham Lincoln, before he was killed, stood up and, you know, for the first time from any sitting president, stood…

— Ta-Nehisi Coates

Mr. Lincoln was generous by nature, and though his whole heart was in the war, he could not but respect the valor of those…

— Elizabeth Keckley

“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

Because Lincoln is so closely identified with what it is to be American, everyone wants to claim him, to rewrite his story to satisfy…

— Henry Louis Gates

Was not Abraham Lincoln an extremist? - "This nation cannot survive half slave and half free."

— Martin Luther King, Jr

Contrary to his infallibly "honest" image, Abe wasn't above lying so long as it served a noble purpose.

— Seth Grahame-Smith

Lincoln, the Man of the People

— Edwin Markham