Candidates Quote by John George Nicolay

Mr. Lincoln is already defeated. He cannot be re-elected.

— Horace Greeley

Abraham Lincoln is the guy who could never be elected today, but whom we desperately wish we could elect.

— Bill Oberst Jr

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

People elect the President for reasons that have nothing to do with his ability to be president.

— Fran Lebowitz

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

— David Herbert Donald

We are divided between those who think with their heads and those who know with their heart. Consider Harriet Miers. If you think about…

— Stephen Colbert

That could be the issue that the party - that the party faces as we get ready to potentially nominate someone who's utterly unelectable…

— Steve Schmidt

Abraham Lincoln once noted that 'the ballot is stronger than the bullet.' Foreign adversaries, who can't match the military, economic or diplomatic power of…

— Robert C. O'Brien

Well, it seems to me Lincoln, I suppose, is kind of a model of a particular sort of presidency, a presidency that first of…

— David Herbert Donald

“These times, indeed all times, demand national political leaders who know not only our history but the history of the world and its nations…

— Harold G. Moore

By definition, the person who learns enough to become the nominee is almost certainly the best person for the general election.

— Newt Gingrich

“No one who has ever done anything worth doing has gone uncriticized. As regards the matter at hand (as regards him), I am, at…

— George Saunders