“ What is to be, will be, and no prayers of ours can arrest the decree.[Lincoln's maxim and philosophy] Abraham Lincoln
“ [Prison Break is] one of the craziest, most unpredictable roller-coaster rides on TV today. Stephen King
“ It was not until the year 1808 that Great Britain abolished the slave trade. Up to that time her judges, sitting upon the bench in the name of justice, her priests, occupying her pulpits, in the name… Robert G. Ingersoll
“ It must have really not liked me, but I can't imagine why, don't say anything Amelia."Amelia shrugged her shoulders, "It liked me the first time."Otto smirked, "Well I have no idea why. Otto Ray and Amelia Raht
“ If we put our trust in the common sense of common men and 'with malice toward none and charity for all' go forward on the great adventure of making political, economic and social democracy a practical… Henry A. Wallace
“ Lincoln once said that America was founded on a proposition that was written by Jefferson in 1776. We are really founded on an argument about what that proposition means. Joseph J. Ellis
“ He got off on Lincoln and slavery and dared any man there to deny that Lincoln and the negro and Moses and the children of Israel were the same, and that the Red Sea was just the blood that had to be… William Faulkner
“ The Northern onslaught upon slavery was no more than a piece ofspecious humbug designed to conceal it's desire for economic control ofthe Southern states. Charles Dickens
“ You're incredible. I can feel your power and it's more than anything I...Violet," he swallowed, watching me in awe. "It's like...It's like you're as powerful as an angel."-Lincoln Jessica Shirvington
“ Lincoln’s liberal use of his pardoning power created the greatest tension between the two men (Lincoln and Edwin Stanton, Secretary of War). Stanton felt compelled to protect military discipline by ex… Doris Kearns Goodwin
“ In the South, there was absence of any leadership corresponding in breadth and courage to that of Abraham Lincoln. W. E. B. Du Bois
“ Across the sea fat kings watched and were gleeful, that something begun so well had now gone off the rails (as down South similar kings watched), and if it went off the rails, so went the whole kit, f… George Saunders
“ In 1908, in a wild and remote area of the North Caucasus, Leo Tolstoy, the greatest writer of the age, was the guest of a tribal chief living far away from civilized life in the mountains. Gathering h… Doris Kearns Goodwin
“ Honesty rare as a man without self-pity Kindness as large and plain as a prairie wind. Stephen Vincent
“ 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
