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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 speech excited and sustained the enthusiasm of his audience to the end.


Henry Villard


#appealed #audience #cords #douglas #effort

But having said all of that, that still doesn't account for a lot of the increase in popularity which stems, I think, from Lincoln's personal characteristics.


David Herbert Donald


#characteristics #having #i #i think #increase

But I have tried to go over it very carefully, not merely what the evidence is, but with psychoanalysts and psychologists, and I think we're just about all agreed that Lincoln and Speed did not have a homosexual relationship.


David Herbert Donald


#agreed #carefully #did #evidence #go

My childhood was influenced by the roles my father played in his movies. Whether Abraham Lincoln or Tom Joad in the 'Grapes of Wrath,' his characters communicated certain values which I try to carry with me to this day.


Jane Fonda


#abraham lincoln #carry #certain #characters #childhood

Abraham Lincoln freed the slaves, Robert Lincoln bought a nice ski lodge.


Sarah Vowell


#abraham lincoln #bought #freed #lincoln #lodge

I seem to have no problem revealing my crush on the man who murdered Lincoln.


Sarah Vowell


#i #lincoln #man #no problem #problem

Jesus and Lincoln, Moses and Jefferson can seem so long gone, so unbelievable, so dead.


Sarah Vowell


#gone #jefferson #jesus #lincoln #long

Like Lincoln, I would like to believe the ballot is stronger than the bullet. Then again, he said that before he got shot.


Sarah Vowell


#ballot #before #believe #bullet #got

If I have to be typecast, I'd like it to be as Abraham Lincoln.


Sam Waterston


#abraham lincoln #i #like #lincoln #typecast

Since Obama has expressed admiration for the portrait of Abraham Lincoln that Doris Kearns Goodwin paints in 'Team of Rivals,' he could do the 16th president one better: He should name Hillary Clinton as his running mate in 2012. That would be both needed change and audacious.


Douglas Wilder


#abraham lincoln #admiration #audacious #better #both






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