Abe Quote by Jon Huntsman, Jr

I suspect, too, that the modern debates represent the effort of candidates with widely-varying constituencies and special interests to please to tip the hat…

— Allen C. Guelzo

Lincoln was the Twain of our politics.

— Fred Kaplan

“On Lincoln: "A profound common sense is the best genius for statesmanship.”

— James Russell Lowell

“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

Honest discussions - even and perhaps especially on topics about which we disagree - can help us resist hypocrisy and arrogance. They can also…

— David Price

The fact that there is a robust debate in Congress is good. The fact that the debate sometimes seems unanchored to facts is not…

— Barack Obama

In our government-controlled schools we are taught that Lincoln was our greatest president because his war ended slavery and saved the Union. As usual,…

— Richard J. Maybury

The Commission on Presidential Debates is a corrupt stranglehold on our democracy.

— Phil Donahue

Lincoln is such an iconic figure in American history. He seems to reflect so many elements of American culture that we consider essential, whether…

— Eric Foner

Lincoln said, public sentiment is everything. We have to listen to the people and come together as we prioritize our agenda and go forward.

— Nancy Pelosi

Lincoln had no such person that he could talk with. Often, as a result, he debated with himself, and he would draw up a…

— David Herbert Donald

If we’re going to have arguments, let’s have arguments — but let’s make them debates worthy of this body and worthy of this country.

— Barack Obama