Democracy Quote by Heather Cox Richardson

In 1964, the GOP ceased to be the party of Lincoln and became the party of Southern whites.

— Max Boot

If Lincoln's primary goal in the War was not the abolition of slavery but simply to preserve the Union, the question arises: Why did…

— G. Edward Griffin

Prodded by the needs of the Union cause, the Republican Party created a strong national government that educated young men and gave them land…

— Heather Cox Richardson

Out of the west came Lincoln, and all that he had he gave to the preservation of the Union that had been bought so…

— Gutzon Borglum

What Republicans need to do is to go back to their roots - starting with Lincoln - and remind the nation that they are…

— Alan Siegel

We all remember Abraham Lincoln as the leader who saved our Union. Founder of the Republican Party.

— Barack Obama

I see some parallels between then [Lincoln's era] and now. Certainly the division of ideologies between two parties, the Democratic Party and the Republican…

— Steven Spielberg

Republicans controlled the federal government for decades after the Civil War, and their policies funneled wealth upward -- with dire consequences. In 1893, the…

— Heather Cox Richardson

“after the Civil War both parties now were controlled by capitalists. They were divided along North-South lines, still hung over with the animosities of…

— Howard Zinn

We've changed in the sense that we flipped - and this is no longer the Republican party of Lincoln. This is the party of…

— Andrew Young

Lincoln has accepted America as a biracial society. He's talking about giving at least some black men the right to vote. In the Emancipation…

— Eric Foner

There's a lot of confusion about the political ideologies of both parties [Democrats and Republicans] have switched 180 degrees in 150 years. It just…

— Steven Spielberg