#lincoln

I am a Republican. I'm loyal to the party of Abraham Lincoln and Theodore Roosevelt. And I believe that my party, in some ways, has strayed from those principles, particularly on the issue of fiscal discipline. ↗

— John McCain

#abraham lincoln #am #believe #discipline #fiscal

We all remember Abraham Lincoln as the leader who saved our Union. Founder of the Republican Party. ↗

— Barack Obama

#abraham lincoln #founder #leader #lincoln #our

I cannot swallow whole the view of Lincoln as the Great Emancipator. ↗

— Barack Obama

#great #i #lincoln #swallow #view

What I thought we ought to try to do in a book like this is to focus closely on Lincoln, himself, to see what he knew, how he knew it, how he came to make the decisions that he did, and how he implemented them. ↗

— David Herbert Donald

#came #closely #decisions #did #focus

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

For people who like that kind of thing, this is the kind of thing they like. ↗

— Max Beerbohm

#misattributed-abraham-lincoln #humor

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

The greatest human achievement is love. ↗

— Leo Tolstoy

#love

I see in the near future a crisis approaching that unnerves me and causes me to tremble for the safety of my country. . . . corporations have been enthroned and an era of corruption in high places will follow, and the money power of the country will endeavor to prolong its reign by working upon the prejudices of the people until all wealth is aggregated in a few hands and the Republic is destroyed. ↗

— Abraham Lincoln

#lincoln #money