Abraham Quote by W. E. B. Du Bois

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

— Robert Green Ingersoll

No president has come near to rivaling Lincoln as a writer.

— Jonathan Raban

Lincoln emancipated nobody. The man freed not a single slave.

— L. Neil Smith

What Abraham Lincoln had to face was a culturally and politically cohesive bloc of states comprising half the country, refusing to discuss even the…

— Allen C. Guelzo

American leadership looks to the world and just as Lincoln did sees the family of man. Humanity is not a zero-sum game.

— Jeff Flake

Lincoln was a man who created himself from nothing without any help from outside or other people. I followed his struggles. I see certain…

— Muammar al-Gaddafi

There is no finish line to leadership.

— Julia Hartz

There was nothing in all Douglas's powerful effort that appealed to the higher instincts of human nature, while Lincoln always touched sympathetic cords. Lincoln's…

— Henry Villard

In periods where there is no leadership, society stands still.

— Harry S. Truman

It is therefore not to be wondered at that Lincolns single term in the House of Representatives at Washington added practically nothing to his…

— John George Nicolay

It is therefore not to be wondered at that Lincoln's single term in the House of Representatives at Washington added practically nothing to his…

— John George Nicolay

While Lincoln thus became a lawyer, he did not cease to remain a politician.

— John George Nicolay