#lincoln

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

We forget that the most successful statesmen have been professionals. Lincoln was a professional politician. ↗

— Felix Frankfurter

#forget #lincoln #most #politician #professional

Lincoln was the greatest speaker and he was ridiculed for how he looked, you know? ↗

— Kevin Costner

#how #know #lincoln #looked #ridiculed

It will not do to investigate the subject of religion too closely, as it is apt to lead to infidelity. ↗

— Abraham Lincoln

#history #lincoln #religion

Ohio claims they are due a president as they haven't had one since Taft. Look at the United States, they have not had one since Lincoln. ↗

— Will Rogers

#claims #due #had #haven #lincoln

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. ↗

— Ed Rollins

#abraham lincoln #become #every #fought #founded

If Lincoln were alive today, he'd be turning over in his grave. ↗

— Gerald R. Ford

#grave #his #lincoln #over #today

It is true that Mr. Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation, after which there was a commitment to give 40 acres and a mule. That's where the argument, to this day, of reparations starts. We never got the 40 acres. We went all the way to Herbert Hoover, and we never got the 40 acres. We didn't get the mule. So we decided we'd ride this donkey as far as it would take us. ↗

— Al Sharpton

#after #argument #as far as #commitment #day

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. ↗

— Sidney Sheldon

#abraham lincoln #afraid #because #believed #compassion

I had moved out of the Edison Hotel because I couldn't pay the bill and was living at the Lincoln Hotel, where I couldn't pay the bill either, but it was cheaper. ↗

— Allan Sherman

#bill #cheaper #edison #either #had