73 Quotes About Abraham-lincoln

In all my interviews with Mr. Lincoln I was impressed with his entire freedom from popular prejudice against the colored race. He was the first great man that I talked with in the United States freely, who in no single instance reminded me of the difference between himself and myself, of the difference of color...

Lincoln dumped his bland second-in-command, Hannibal Hamlin, for Johnson,

The greatest fine art of the future will be the making of a comfortable living from a small piece of land.

Confederates called Lincoln a dictator and fanatic who must be stopped by any means, including 'revolution or private assassination.

New Rule: If you married a manic-depressive, three of your children died, and while you were president civil war broke out and someone shot you in the head, your coin really shouldn't say, "In God We Trust.

Everything which made Abraham Lincoln the loved and honored man he was, it is in the power of the humblest American boy to imitate.

I know not how to aid you, save in the assurance of one of mature age, and much severe experience, that you can not fail, if you resolutely determine, that you will not.

If Mr. Fantastic and Professor X had a baby, there would be tons of questions, but also it would be Abraham Lincoln.

[January] 2nd. [1863] When an individual in a church or out of it becomes dangerous to the public interest, he must be checked; but let the churches, as such, take care of themselves.