#lincoln

My feeling about him is that the America that we have today, the freedoms we enjoy and the privileges we have, are really the reflection of Abe Lincoln's convictions, his vision, and his toughness. ↗

— Gregory Peck

#about #america #convictions #enjoy #feeling

That settled Abraham Lincoln with me. I was thoroughly satisfied that no such man ought to be President; but I could not yet conceive it possible that such a monster would be the choice of a majority of the people for President. ↗

— John Sergeant Wise

#abraham lincoln #choice #conceive #could #i

I leave you, hoping that the lamp of liberty will burn in your bosoms until there shall no longer be a doubt that all mean are created free and equal. ↗

— Seth Grahame-Smith

#equality #freedom #equality

You don't get drown by falling into a river. You get drown by remaining there. Falling accidentally and rising immediately was what distinguished Thomas Edison and Abraham Lincoln from the rest. ↗

— Israelmore Ayivor

#distinct #distinguish #don-t-quit #drown #excellence

There are two rules for sucess: 1. Never tell everything you know. ↗

— Roger H. Lincoln

#mystery #roger-h-lincoln #rules #sucess #humor

I will, to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States. It is not the Constitution as I would like to have it, but as it is, that is to be defended. The Constitution will not be preserved & defended until it is enforced & obeyed in every part of every one of the United States. It must be so respected, obeyed, enforced and defended, and let the grass grow where it may. ↗

— Abraham Lincoln

#constitution #hour-of-peril #lincoln #respect

The Bible is not my book nor Christianity my profession. ↗

— Abraham Lincoln

#atheism #bible

Contrary to his infallibly "honest" image, Abe wasn't above lying so long as it served a noble purpose. ↗

— Seth Grahame-Smith

#vampire #noble

I am a Ford, not a Lincoln. ↗

— Gerald R. Ford

#ford #i #i am #lincoln

Libertarians are essentially what the Republicans were 30 years ago. Abraham Lincoln, Teddy Roosevelt, Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan. They'd all fit more under the Libertarian label than the modern day Republican label. ↗

— Drew Carey

#abraham lincoln #ago #day #essentially #fit