Condescension Quote by Elton Trueblood

“In the Church he (Lincoln) saw people who, though they hated war as much as the editors did, saw with clarity what the moral…

— Elton Trueblood

“Lincoln had entirely outgrown juvenile delight in religious argument. Talking with God seemed to the mature Lincoln more important than talking about Him.”

— Elton Trueblood

“Lincoln was equidistant from the heresy which makes a person believed that he can do nothing, and the opposite heresy which makes them suppose…

— Elton Trueblood

“Lincoln himself once said, “The worst things you can do for those you love are the things they could and should do for themselves.”…

— John Wooden

“A major element in Lincoln's greatness was the way in which he could hold a strong moral position without the usual accompaniment of self-righteousness.”

— Elton Trueblood

“Lincoln grew immeasurably as he came to think of himself as an “instrument of God’s will.”

— Anonymous

“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

“Evil took many faces, many of them benign. It just wasn’t always apparent. Lincoln”

— J.T. Ellison

“The world did not appreciate Abraham Lincoln until he died. His great figure has been looming higher each succeeding decade. We understand Jesus better…

— Charles Jefferson

“I had given up the church, more because of its complicity with slavery than from a full understanding of the foolishness of its creeds.”

— Lucy N. Colman

“Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man’s character, give him power. —ABRAHAM LINCOLN As”

— Anonymous

“As he had done so many times before, Lincoln withstood the storm of defeat by replacing anguish over an unchangeable past with hope in…

— Doris Kearns Goodwin