Lincoln Quotes - page 2

If you think Abraham Lincoln became famous for inventing the town car, it is time to spend a few hours on history. (Bo Bennett)
John Kennedy really did extend the reach of the American people and said, like Lincoln said in a way, that our reach is farther than our grasp - and we should aim high. View quote
Richard Dreyfuss
Abraham Lincoln, in order to maintain the unity of the United Statesresorted to the use of force. so, I think Abraham Lincoln, president, is a model, is an example. AZ Quotes. View quote
Zhu Rongji
The age of Lincoln and Jefferson memorials is over. It will be presidential libraries from now on. View quote
Ada Louise Huxtable
Among the roles Ive played on stage, television and in films were politicos as diverse as Abe Lincoln, Juan Peron, Herman Goering, George Wallace and both Roosevelts. View quote
Bob Gunton
In high school, I discovered myself. I was interested in race relations and the legal profession. I read about Lincoln and that he believed the law to be the most difficult of professions. View quote
Constance Baker Motley
The big biography of Lincoln necessarily had to do so much with his political career, his ambitions, his accomplishments in public, with less time to spend on his private life, his inner life, and I thought this might be a way of getting at that. View quote
David Herbert Donald
Lincoln had no such person that he could talk with. Often, as a result, he debated with himself, and he would draw up a kind of list of the pros and cons of an argument, and carefully figure them out, and he might test them in public. View quote
David Herbert Donald
The more I have studied Lincoln, the more I have followed his thought processes, the more I am convinced that he understood leadership better than any other American president. View quote
David Herbert Donald
Those who knew Lincoln described him as an extraordinarily funny man. Humor was an essential aspect of his temperament. He laughed, he explained, so he did not weep. View quote
Doris Kearns Goodwin
EMILY's List members are deeply committed to electing pro-choice Democratic women whom we trust to stand up for our rights, treat us honestly, and make us proud. Our candidates fight for us every day. Blanche Lincoln failed to hold up her end of the bargain. (Ellen Malcolm)
The Republican Party, which John McCain led as our nominee in 2008, is going to become irrelevant if we become the party of intolerance and hate. The party founded by Abraham Lincoln was a party that fought slavery and intolerance at every level. View quote
Ed Rollins
I have always compared our traditions of liberty, like those of Abraham Lincoln and Ho Chi Minh. View quote
Hanoi Hannah
Mary Lincoln provided Elizabeth Keckley with opportunities for social and economic advancement she probably had never imagined during her years as a slave, while Elizabeth offered Mary the loyal, steadfast friendship she craved but had always found so elusive. View quote
Jennifer Chiaverini
Nobody understood better than Mr. Lincoln the obvious truth that in politics it does not suffice merely to nominate candidates. Something must also be done to elect them. View quote
John George Nicolay
While Lincoln thus became a lawyer, he did not cease to remain a politician. View quote
John George Nicolay
Most historians agree that Abraham Lincoln was the most important man to ever occupy the White House because he abolished slavery and kept the states united through a bloody civil war. View quote
Kitty Kelley
Honda opened its first assembly line in Lincoln in November 2001. View quote
Mike Rogers
I was born on the day Lincoln was shot and the Titanic sank. View quote
Pete Rose
In the fifties I had dreams about touching a naked woman and she would turn to bronze or the dream about hot dogs chasing donuts through the Lincoln Tunnel. View quote
Robert Klein
It was August 28th, 1963, and the greatest civil rights coalition in modern history had descended upon Washington. Hundreds of thousands of protesters trekked through the heat, stretching from the Washington Monument to the Lincoln Memorial. (Yvette Clarke)
Abraham Lincoln because he was a man filled with great compassion who believed that all men are created free and equal, and was not afraid to stand on that platform. The way Lincoln lived his life has served me well in mine. View quote
Sidney Sheldon
Lincoln said that the Patent Office adds the flame of interest to the light of creativity. And that is why we need to improve the effectiveness of our Patent Office. View quote
Jay Inslee
The ideas of liberty and equality have been an irresistible force in motivating leaders like Patrick Henry, Susan B. Anthony, and Abraham Lincoln, schoolteachers like Nathan Hale and Booker T. Washington, the Philippine Scouts who fought at Bataan, and the soldiers who scaled the bluff at Omaha Beach. If those ideas are worth fighting for -- and our history demonstrates that they are -- it cannot be true that the flag that uniquely symbolizes their power is not itself worthy of protection from unnecessary desecration. View quote
John Paul Stevens
Lincoln was the greatest speaker and he was ridiculed for how he looked, you know? View quote
Kevin Costner