Abraham Quote by Kitty Kelley

“Grant deserves an honored place in American history, second only to Lincoln for what he did for the freed slaves. He got the big…

— Ron Chernow

I think there's no doubt that George Washington was the most important American to this time.

— Kevin Gutzman

The post-assassination Lincoln took on a greatly amplified importance to much of the American public, probably the president most deeply reviled in his lifetime…

— Fred Kaplan

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

Abraham Lincoln was, in my judgment, in many respects, the grandest man ever President of the United States. Upon his monument these words should…

— Robert Green Ingersoll

Abraham Lincoln - the spirit incarnate of those who won victory in the Civil War - was the true representative of this people, not…

— Theodore Roosevelt

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

Keeping the Union together, freeing slaves and being assassinated all added up to creating 'Lincoln the myth.' He overcame a lot of his own…

— Henry Louis Gates

If I had to write down the most important people in the history of this planet, No.1 would be (abolitionist) John Brown. Why? Because…

— Dick Gregory

Lincoln, the Man of the People

— Edwin Markham

“Abraham Lincoln is usually regarded as the greatest of all American presidents. When experts rated the presidents on the desire to please others and…

— Adam M. Grant

The president was not the most important political player in the 19th century. Besides Jefferson at the beginning, Andrew Jackson and Abraham Lincoln, the…

— H. W. Brands