#lincoln

If you're going to be born ugly and be an actor - the least they can do is let you play Lincoln. ↗

— Sam Waterston

#born #going #least #lincoln #play

Someone asked me...how it felt and I was reminded of a story that a fellow townsman of ours used to tell--Abraham Lincoln. They asked him how he felt once after an unsuccessful election. He said he felt like a little boy who had stubbed his toe in the dark. He said that he was too old to cry, but it hurt too much to laugh. ↗

— Adlai E. Stevenson II

#lincoln #losing #elections

This country owes them all a debt of gratitude. The down payment on that debt is making sure that we live up to Lincoln's charge: to care for him who shall have borne the battle, and for his widow, and his orphan. ↗

— Dave Obey

#borne #care #charge #country #debt

My personal assessment is that Dr. King is the greatest American we have ever produced. I can argue for Lincoln, I can argue for FDR, but for my money, King is the greatest American we have ever produced. His only weapon was love. He transforms a nation, transforms the world with one weapon and that of course being again the weapon of love. So that for me, King is the quintessential example of everything that I could ever want to be in my lifetime. ↗

— Tavis Smiley

#american #argue #assessment #being #could

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 is, in a way he's become diluted. ↗

— James Spader

#also #become #becoming #been #diluted

Lincoln's stature and strength, his intelligence and ambition - in short, all the elements which gave him popularity among men in New Salem, rendered him equally attractive to the fair sex of that village. ↗

— John George Nicolay

#among #attractive #elements #equally #fair

When Lincoln was asked if God was on the Union’s side, Lincoln’s unvarying response was that what was really important was whether they were on God’s side. ↗

— Joe L. Wheeler

#faith #god #history #courage

Agatha was so tight-fisted she could squeeze a penny and strangle Abe Lincoln. ↗

— Jarod Kintz

#frugal #funny #funny

I can see how it might be possible for a man to look down upon the earth and be an atheist, but I cannot conceive how a man could look up into the heavens and say there is no God. ↗

— Abraham Lincoln

#life #politics #religion #science #life

Not us, Vi. Everything else may end, but not us. What we have...We're endless." -Lincoln ↗

— Jessica Shirvington

#jessica-shirvington #lincoln #love #violet #love