Max Boot Quotes

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.

Abraham Lincoln freed the slaves, Robert Lincoln bought a nice ski lodge.

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.

I read a funny story about how the Republicans freed the slaves. The Republicans are the ones who created slavery by law in the 1600's. Abraham Lincoln freed the slaves and he was not a Republican.

Reelect Abraham Lincoln Save the Union Heal the Nation Give Me Another Shot

How did the progressive Republican Party of Lincoln, Roosevelt and Eisenhower become the reactionary party of Ronald Reagan, the tea party and Paul Ryan? There is nothing random about these ideological shifts. They reflect the party’s — and the nation’s — central unresolved problem: the tension between equality of opportunity and protection of private property.

People who teach American history survey classes have a lot of ground to cover and tend to focus on landmarks. You get through the Civil War and Reconstruction, and you have to get to the beginning of the 20th century fast. It's pretty easy to go lightly on the Gilded Age.

In 1860, the Republicans put Lincoln in the White House, and Southerners left the Union. Their absence opened the way for the new party to reshape the national government, from protecting the wealth of propertied men to promoting economic opportunity for everyone.

American history is the story of Democratic malefactors and Republican heroes.

You know how absurd is the fiction put forward by our enemies in the Northern states that the great Civil War which raged between 1861 and 1865 would never have taken place but for Jefferson Davis and myself. Such mighty convulsions, which amount indeed to revolutions, are never the work of individuals, but of divided nations.

The party of Lincoln has not always carried the mantle of Lincoln.

If it was only Abe Lincoln, I would say go to Hell in your own way. [But the alternative is] Traitor McLelland

We may anticipate with certainty the success of the Confederate States.

The Democrats fought with the conservatives. The Republicans fought with the liberals. The Bull Moosers fought with everybody.

I have only 2 regrets: that I have not shot Henry Clay or hanged John C. Calhoun.

Some men who claim to be exponents of Republican principles know as much about the teachings of Abraham Lincoln as Henry Ford knows about the Talmud.

Conservatives are not necessarily stupid, but most stupid people are conservatives.

The American Civil War was the wrangling of two armed mobs.

When Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, he turned the Civil War into a revolution.

Abraham Lincoln is the most powerful slave catcher in America.

I was always proud previously to be a member of the Party of Abraham Lincoln, the Great Emancipator, and Teddy Roosevelt—the party that protected out national parks. There seems to be much less of that these days.

If Abraham Lincoln were alive today, he’d be rolling in his grave.

Glorious News. Lincoln and Seward Assassinated! Andy Johnson Inaugurated President.

The history of the Republican Party shows why, since the Civil War, the nation has been caught in cycles of progressivism and reaction.

… without his [Abraham Lincoln’s] determined leadership the United States would have ceased to be.