Abraham Quote by George Saunders

Lincoln was not an intellectual, but no one in 200 years understood the language of the King James Bible or learned Blackstone's Laws of…

— Michael Ignatieff

“The problem is that we tend too often to read Lincoln's growth backward, as an unproblematic trajectory toward a predetermined end. This enables scholars…

— Eric Foner

History is principally the inaccurate narration of events which ought not to have happened.

— Earnest Hooton

I think also there's no question that Lincoln has been diluted down through history in some way, almost by becoming as iconic as he…

— James Spader

I think people in general have neglected to learn about history.

— Maynard James Keenan

The general consensus among historians, among the ones who can handle the fact that 'Lincoln' is, in fact, historical fiction, is that we demonstrate…

— Tony Kushner

There were so many odd, strange things about Abraham Lincoln that I think nobody knew how to pigeonhole him.

— Steven Spielberg

History education in schools is so poor that students often enter college ignorant of the past - and leave just as unenlightened.

— Max Boot

When you read a history or biography you are entitled to imagine that it is as accurate as the authors can make it. That…

— Nicholas Meyer

History is little more than the register of the crimes, follies, and misfortunes of mankind.

— Edward Gibbon

People who've written about Abraham Lincoln's writing emphasize how logical he was. His writing was a syllogistic tool. He would say, if A, then…

— George Saunders

History is indeed little more than the register of the crimes, follies, and misfortunes of mankind.

— Edward Gibbon