Quote by Henry Ketcham

I've just always had a personal fascination with the myth of Abraham Lincoln. And once you start to read about him and the Civil…

— Steven Spielberg

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

“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

Abraham Lincoln comes from nothing, has no education, no money, lives in the middle of nowhere on the frontier. And despite the fact that…

— Seth Grahame-Smith

“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

I've always wanted to tell a story about Lincoln. I saw a paternal father figure; I saw someone who was completely, stubbornly committed to…

— Steven Spielberg

Lincoln is such an iconic figure in American history. He seems to reflect so many elements of American culture that we consider essential, whether…

— Eric Foner

“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

“Tolstoy went on to observe,"This little incident proves how largely the name of Lincoln is worshipped throughout the world and how legendary his personality…

— Doris Kearns Goodwin

The life of Abraham Lincoln is by most accounts an amazing study in character formation. Yet he was notoriously disorganized; he even had a…

— John Ortberg

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

— Anonymous