American Quote by Henry Louis Gates

But having said all of that, that still doesn't account for a lot of the increase in popularity which stems, I think, from Lincoln's…

— David Herbert Donald

Mr. Lincoln was not only a great President, but a great man - too great to be small in anything. In his company I…

— Frederick Douglass

The big biography of Lincoln necessarily had to do so much with his political career, his ambitions, his accomplishments in public, with less time…

— David Herbert Donald

I'm not sure Lincoln would fare well if he were a presidential candidate today.

— David Herbert Donald

I think Lincoln had a unique parenting style. He let his kids run free and wild.

— Steven Spielberg

We forget that the most successful statesmen have been professionals. Lincoln was a professional politician.

— Felix Frankfurter

The more I have studied Lincoln, the more I have followed his thought processes, the more I am convinced that he understood leadership better…

— David Herbert Donald

Lincoln was a modernizer, so to speak. He believed in economic development. As a Whig before the war he favored what we would call…

— Eric Foner

No president in history has been more vilified or was more vilivied during the time he was President than Lincoln. Those who knew him,…

— Richard M. Nixon

I think we have reason to thank God for Abraham Lincoln. With all his deficiencies, it must be admitted that he has grown continually.

— Lydia M. Child

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

Lincoln was not a type. He stands alone - no ancestors, no fellows, no successors.

— Robert Green Ingersoll