Carmine Quote by J.M. Darhower

“Who was the leader of the North?” “Lincoln.” “No, he was the president.” “Yes, which means he was the fucking leader of everyone.” Mrs.…

— J.M. Darhower

Lincoln was the Twain of our politics.

— Fred Kaplan

Those who knew Lincoln described him as an extraordinarily funny man. Humor was an essential aspect of his temperament. He laughed, he explained, so…

— Doris Kearns Goodwin

“Lincoln grinned. “The Academy owns a number of buildings. There are walkways between them.” I couldn’t take my eyes off the sky folk. “There…

— Jessica Shirvington

“This, then, is a story of Lincoln’s political genius revealed through his extraordinary array of personal qualities that enabled him to form friendships with…

— Doris Kearns Goodwin

Lincoln, the Man of the People

— Edwin Markham

“Lincoln replied that he was more than willing to die, but that he had “done nothing to make any human being remember that he…

— Doris Kearns Goodwin

“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

President Lincoln was trying to convince some people, he used some arguments, convincing other people, he used other arguments. That was a great -…

— Hillary Clinton

“The key to Lincoln's famous employment of humor is not that he failed to appreciate the tragic aspects of human existence, but rather that…

— Elton Trueblood

Lincoln's leadership is based on a number of precepts, but my favorite one is that he acted in the name, and for the good,…

— Steven Spielberg

“There’s an interesting story about Abraham Lincoln. During the American Civil War he signed an order transferring certain regiments, but Secretary of War Edwin…

— Patience Johnson