Civil war Quote by Ta-Nehisi Coates

Lincoln was not a type. He stands alone - no ancestors, no fellows, no successors.

— Robert Green Ingersoll

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

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 was not all brooding and melancholy and patient understanding. There was a hard core in him, and plenty of toughness. He could…

— Bruce Catton

Lincoln is me. He is America. He is what makes us a great nation and a dangerous nation, all wrapped up in one man.

— Bill Oberst Jr

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

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

— Theodore Roosevelt

Lincoln was the Twain of our politics.

— Fred Kaplan

Lincoln, the Man of the People

— Edwin Markham

Abe Lincoln died because he stood for liberty and truth.

— Don Cornell

The name of Abraham Lincoln is imperishable.

— Matthew Simpson

For me, Lincoln is like just a handful of people - a Gandhi, or a Picasso, or a Martin Luther King Jr. - who…

— Barack Obama