Appropriation Quote by Eric Foner

Lincoln believed in the American people.

— Steven Spielberg

“What the administration was now bargaining and trading with was land grants, especially to the railroad companies, something Lincoln understood well.  He and his…

— Keith R. Baker

Whenever you think of Lincoln as a historian, in his own mind, he becomes the Great Emancipator. This is his role in history henceforth.…

— Eric Foner

Lincoln had a tremendous capacity for personal growth - more than any other American President.

— Henry Louis Gates

Every Republican president starting with Lincoln - and for almost 100 years thereafter - generally supported tariffs, while Democrats tended to promote free trade.

— Robert Lighthizer

Yes, the rise in corporate power had roots in the gearing up for the Civil War. Abraham Lincoln was a Whig, a supporter of…

— William Lee Miller

Lincoln was the spokesman of the rising capitalist class of the North, who viewed the emancipation of Negro slaves as indispensable to the development…

— A. Philip Randolph

He obtained from Congress the right to borrow from the people by selling to it the 'bonds' of States ... and the Government and…

— Otto von Bismarck

Lincoln was a man who created himself from nothing without any help from outside or other people. I followed his struggles. I see certain…

— Muammar al-Gaddafi

People don't realize what a brilliant politician Lincoln was. Looking back, we want to ascribe a level of providence to his every decision but…

— Henry Louis Gates

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