American history Quote by Henry Lewis Mencken

“Lincoln's Gettysburg Address was 272 words and he delivered it under three minutes. He labored on it for days. The "featured speaker," Edward Everett,…

— David Herbert Donald

it wasn't by accident that the Gettysburg address was so short.

— Ernest Hemingway

Lincoln's address at Gettysburg - 272 words dedicating a cemetery at the site of one of the Civil War's bloodiest battles - has been…

— Mike Quigley

“Gettysburg is still considered the most famous battle of the war. Why? At Gettysburg, the tide turned. Up until then, the South had been…

— Jim O'Connor

Today is the anniversary of the Gettysburg Address. President Lincoln wrote it on his way to the site of the speech on the back…

— David Letterman

One unexpectedly striking moment, when Tom Amandes as Lincoln, recites the Gettysburg Address, not in booming, this-is-a-great-speech style, but casually, as if chatting over…

— Neil Genzlinger

“Abraham Lincoln, perhaps the most loved president of the United States, was also the most criticized president. Probably no politician in history had worse…

— John C. Maxwell

“I went to my room one day and locked the door and got down upon my knees before Almighty God and prayed to Him…

— Abraham Lincoln

As the chief speaker at the dedication of the national cemetery at the Gettysburg Battlefield, statesman Edward Everett wrote to Lincoln: I should be…

— Abraham Lincoln

There are a number of things that came out of Donald Trump so-called policy speech at Gettysburg that most of the reporters were saying…

— Star Jones

Actually, you know who gave the shortest inauguration speech in history? George Washington. It was only like three minutes long. Well, sure. George Washington…

— Jay Leno

Gettysburg. . . . You cant understand it. You would have to be born there.

— William Faulkner