Able Quote by Richard M. Nixon

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

Too few presidents have steeped themselves not just in Lincoln's words but his deeds, which is why Obama's acquaintance with the great man is…

— Michael Beschloss

I think also there's no question that Lincoln has been diluted down through history in some way, almost by becoming as iconic as he…

— James Spader

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

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

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

The general consensus among historians, among the ones who can handle the fact that 'Lincoln' is, in fact, historical fiction, is that we demonstrate…

— Tony Kushner

We have had more brilliant Presidents than Cleveland, and one or two who were considerably more profound, but we have never had one, at…

— H. L. Mencken

There is no disputing that Lincoln was a great man.

— Judy Biggert

“Abraham Lincoln, perhaps the most loved president of the United States, was also the most criticized president. Probably no politician in history had worse…

— John C. Maxwell

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