Back Quote by Doris Kearns Goodwin

It has always seemed to me that Barack Obama has studied intensely and learned a great deal from Lincoln.

— Tony Kushner

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

— Henry Louis Gates

I don't think that we really know a whole lot about Barack Obama at all that you would really call distinctive.

— John H. McWhorter

Ronald Reagan knew who he was. Barack Obama is still working through that equation politically.

— Joe Scarborough

Too few presidents have steeped themselves not just in Lincoln's words but his deeds, which is why Obama's acquaintance with the great man is…

— Michael Beschloss

Obama prefers to look forward, not back, as he has stated. So at least during his tenure, there will be no reliable record compiled…

— David K. Shipler

“What distinguished Obama was his determination not to wait until he had forged a longer political record of his achievement, and the historic conjunction…

— Dan Balz and Haynes Johnson

For a man who has compared himself to Theodore Roosevelt and the nation's challenges to those of the Gilded Age, Obama put forward a…

— Ron Fournier

It's interesting how Obama's adorers in the press keep comparing him to Lincoln and Reagan. Apparently they can't think of a Democrat president worthy…

— Ann Coulter

Barack Obama was a president who understood not only how technology could transform the way government services worked but also technology itself. He got…

— Steven Levy

Barack Obama is an economic patriot.

— Ted Strickland

You look at how Barack Obama has had to conduct himself as president. It reminds me of Jackie Robinson, how he had to be…

— Ato Essandoh