Abraham Quote by Walt Whitman

Lincoln did more than any other man to put the stamp of righteousness, to put the stamp of compassion, on the name of America.

— Henry Cabot Lodge

“immortal words of Lincoln nurtured and guarded by a grateful people, this spot for all time to come cannot be other than the nation’s…

— Matilda Pierce Alleman

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

Out of the west came Lincoln, and all that he had he gave to the preservation of the Union that had been bought so…

— Gutzon Borglum

Whenever you think of Lincoln as a historian, in his own mind, he becomes the Great Emancipator. This is his role in history henceforth.…

— Eric Foner

I will make a prophecy that may now sound peculiar. In fifty years Lincoln's name will be inscribed close to Washington's on this Republic's…

— Carl Schurz

“As he had done so many times before, Lincoln withstood the storm of defeat by replacing anguish over an unchangeable past with hope in…

— Doris Kearns Goodwin

“Lincoln replied that he was more than willing to die, but that he had “done nothing to make any human being remember that he…

— Doris Kearns Goodwin

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

Lincoln's appeal to 'the better angels of our nature' failed to avert a fratricidal war. But the compassionate wisdom of Lincoln's first and second…

— Felix Frankfurter

“Lincoln did not admire those who think it is a mark of sophistication to sneer at patriotism. He believed that God has a will…

— Elton Trueblood

Today is the anniversary of the Gettysburg Address. President Lincoln wrote it on his way to the site of the speech on the back…

— David Letterman