Abuse Quote by Ulysses S. Grant

Politically I did not like Mr. Lincoln, for in him I saw the destroyer.

— Belle Boyd

He raised his hands, not to strike, but in benediction. Lincoln was the grandest figure of the fiercest civil war. He is the gentlest…

— Robert Green Ingersoll

Lincoln had internalized the pain of those around him-the wounded soldiers, the captured prisoners, the defeated Southerners. Little wonder that he was overwhelmed at…

— Doris Kearns Goodwin

The cruelest thing that has happened to Lincoln since he was shot by Booth was to fall into the hands of Carl Sandburg.

— Edmund Wilson

He had long ago learned that society imposes insults that must be borne, comforted by the knowledge that in this world there comes a…

— Mario Puzo

Lincoln, answering friends who advised him to seek protection against assassination: "If they kill me the next man will be just as bad for…

— William Herndon

When someone asked Abraham Lincoln, after he was elected president, what he was going to do about his enemies, he replied, "I am going…

— Abraham Lincoln

Mr. Lincoln was generous by nature, and though his whole heart was in the war, he could not but respect the valor of those…

— Elizabeth Keckley

Besides getting shot in the back of the head, do you know what else Abraham Lincoln did?

— Danny Mcbride

Lincoln said, 'With malice toward none, with charity to all.' Nowadays they say, 'Think the way I do or I'll bomb the daylights outta…

— Lionel Barrymore

He was a vicious hurtful snob, I must confess. I literally despised him in the best kind of a way.

— Sara Bokhari

“Mr. Lincoln gained influence over men by making them feel that it was a pleasure to serve him. He preferred yielding his own wish…

— Ulysses S. Grant