Abraham Quote by Murray Rothbard

“The most sanctified figure in American historiography is, by no accident, the Great Saint of centralizing "democracy" and the strong unitary nation-state: Abraham Lincoln.…

— Murray Rothbard

Gorbachevism, carried out by mediocre but ambitious party bureaucrats, is an attempt not only to outdo the people but also the objective laws of…

— Alexander Zinoviev

Reagan's defense buildup and SDI, so ridiculed at the time, pressed Gorbachev, while his economy was collapsing, to make arms deals and improve relations…

— Michael Beschloss

Gorbachev's legacy is that he called time on communism, partially against his will, but in fact, he finished it off. Without violence. Without bloodshed.…

— Helmut Kohl

Gorbachev gave us freedom of worship and freedom of speech and freedom to see what was going on and freedom to vote, but that…

— Boris Yeltsin

“the Northern people; whereas, as a matter of fact, but for the assassination of Mr. Lincoln, I believe the great majority of the Northern…

— Ulysses S. Grant

“If the spirited crowd expected a speech exalting recent Union victories, they were disappointed. In keeping with his lifelong tendency to consider all sides…

— Doris Kearns Goodwin

“By privately endorsing Seward’s spirit of compromise while projecting an unyielding public image, President-elect Lincoln retained an astonishing degree of control over an increasingly…

— Doris Kearns Goodwin

If Lincoln's primary goal in the War was not the abolition of slavery but simply to preserve the Union, the question arises: Why did…

— G. Edward Griffin

I left Gorbachev's office thinking that everything about him was outsized: his achievements, his mistakes, and, now, his vanity and bitterness.

— David Remnick

As long as it served his purpose, Mr. Lincoln boldly advocated the right of Secession.

— Belle Boyd

“The feckless President Buchanan, who opposed secession, thought the federal government powerless to stop it, and in his last annual message blamed the “incessant…

— Ron Chernow