Ambition Quote by John George Nicolay

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 generous by nature, and though his whole heart was in the war, he could not but respect the valor of those…

— Elizabeth Keckley

I admire Lincoln enormously and I think what's interesting about Lincoln is how he changes, it's not that he held the same view throughout…

— Eric Foner

“Mr. Lincoln gained influence over men by making them feel that it was a pleasure to serve him. He preferred yielding his own wish…

— Ulysses S. Grant

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

One of the things particularly admirable in the public utterances of President Lincoln is a certain tone of familiar dignity, which, while it is…

— James Russell Lowell

Abraham Lincoln was not all brooding and melancholy and patient understanding. There was a hard core in him, and plenty of toughness. He could…

— Bruce Catton

“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

Viewed from the genuine abolition ground, Mr. Lincoln seemed tardy, cold, dull, and indifferent; but measuring him by the sentiment of his country, a…

— Frederick Douglass

There was nothing in all Douglas's powerful effort that appealed to the higher instincts of human nature, while Lincoln always touched sympathetic cords. Lincoln's…

— Henry Villard

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

— Robert Green Ingersoll

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