Kurt Vonnegut Quotes

THIS dust was once the Man, / Gentle, plain, just and resolute—under whose cautious hand, / Against the foulest crime in history known in any land or age, / Was saved the Union of These States.

I think we have reason to thank God for Abraham Lincoln. With all his deficiencies, it must be admitted that he has grown continually.

There's no one who I believe has ever captured the soul of America more profoundly than Abraham Lincoln has.

Even the written history [of Abraham Lincoln's times] is poorly understood by most people.

I don't [even] know the number of books on Abraham Lincoln. Ten thousand, twelve thousand? I have seen various numbers. It seems like every generation is always trying to come to terms with Lincoln.

Keeping the Union together, freeing slaves and being assassinated all added up to creating 'Lincoln the myth.' He overcame a lot of his own prejudices and became what many would consider the first black man's president.

If you think Abraham Lincoln became famous for inventing the town car, it is time to spend a few hours on history.

Most historians agree that Abraham Lincoln was the most important man to ever occupy the White House because he abolished slavery and kept the states united through a bloody civil war.

The name of Abraham Lincoln is imperishable.

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.

There is no disputing that Lincoln was a great man.

No president has come near to rivaling Lincoln as a writer.

Obviously, 'Lincoln' is not about the telegraph operator. There's a whole other movie before and after the two isolated scenes that I'm in.

If I have to be typecast, I'd like it to be as Abraham Lincoln.

Lincoln is a religion in this country. He is a sacred icon. Millions of people make money selling Lincoln. He is an industry.

Abraham Lincoln is the most powerful slave catcher in America.

Abe Lincoln is my favorite president of all time - and he pulls off that top hat pretty well.

There are so many books out about Abraham Lincoln out now because it's the bicentennial of his birth. I've known a lot about the Civil War, but I'm just getting more into it.

An important film that must be seen. Saving Lincoln is moving, ingenious, original and impressive.

Lincoln, the Man of the People

For me, Lincoln is like just a handful of people - a Gandhi, or a Picasso, or a Martin Luther King Jr. - who is an original and captures something essential.

When I read that I had to go to Gettysburg.

Here was the greatest and most moving chapter in American history, a blending of meanness and greatness, an ending and a beginning. It came out of what men were, but it did not go as men had planned.

Words about Lincoln fill a small but ever-growing library.

The value of Eric Foner's 'The Fiery Trial' lies in its comprehensive review of mostly familiar material; in its sensible evaluation of the full range of information already available about Abraham Lincoln and slavery; and in the deft thoroughness of its scholarship.