It is to such men as Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson and Jackson and Franklin, all most lowly born, that we owe most of our greatness as a nation.

Women are the only people I am afraid of who I never thought would hurt me

As a schoolboy, I read most of Carl Sandburg's six-volume biography of Abraham Lincoln.

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

If Mr. Fantastic and Professor X had a baby, there would be tons of questions, but also it would be Abraham Lincoln.

The world did not appreciate Abraham Lincoln until he died. His great figure has been looming higher each succeeding decade. We understand Jesus better than any other generation..A great man is like a mountain, you cannot appreciate when standing at its base.