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My personal assessment is that Dr. King is the greatest American we have ever produced. I can argue for Lincoln, I can argue for FDR, but for my money, King is the greatest American we have ever produced. His only weapon was love. He transforms a nation, transforms the world with one weapon and that of course being again the weapon of love. So that for me, King is the quintessential example of everything that I could ever want to be in my lifetime.
by Tavis Smiley (Author, American , born in 1964) keywords: again, american, argue, assessment, being, could, course, dr, ever, everything, example, greatest, his, king, lifetime, lincoln, love, money, nation, only, personal, produced, transforms, want, weapon , world No man made great by death offers more hope to lowly pride than does Abraham Lincoln; for while living he was himself so simple as often to be dubbed a fool.
by Thomas V. Smithkeywords: abraham, death, does, dubbed, fool, great, himself, hope, lincoln, living, lowly, made, man, more, offers, often, pride, simple, than , while In my opinion, assassination theories will continue to revolve around these assassinations as they have around several other significant assassinations in American history. The assassination of President Lincoln comes to mind.
by Louis Stokes (Politician, American , born in 1925) keywords: american, around, assassination, assassinations, comes, continue, history, lincoln, mind, opinion, other, president, revolve, several, significant, theories, these , will The openness of rural Nebraska certainly influenced me. That openness, in a way, fosters the imagination. But growing up, Lincoln wasn't a small town. It was a college town. It had record stores and was a liberal place.
by Matthew Sweet (Musician, American , born in 1964) keywords: certainly, college, fosters, growing, had, imagination, influenced, liberal, lincoln, nebraska, openness, place, record, rural, small, stores, town, up , way Although a madman, Norton wrote letters to Abraham Lincoln and Queen Victoria which they took seriously.
by Kerry Thornley (Philosopher, American , born in 1938) keywords: abraham, although, letters, lincoln, madman, norton, queen, seriously, took, victoria, which , wrote I had not got over the prejudice against Lincoln with which my personal contact with him in 1858 imbued me.
by Henry Villard (Journalist, American , born in 1835) keywords: against, contact, got, had, him, imbued, lincoln, over, personal, prejudice , which I therefore shared fully the intense chagrin of the New York and other State delegations when, on the third ballot, Abraham Lincoln received a larger vote than Seward.
by Henry Villard (Journalist, American , born in 1835) keywords: abraham, ballot, chagrin, fully, intense, larger, lincoln, new, other, received, seward, shared, state, than, therefore, third, vote , york There was nothing in all Douglas's powerful effort that appealed to the higher instincts of human nature, while Lincoln always touched sympathetic cords. Lincoln's speech excited and sustained the enthusiasm of his audience to the end.
by Henry Villard (Journalist, American , born in 1835) keywords: always, appealed, audience, cords, douglas, effort, end, enthusiasm, excited, higher, his, human, instincts, lincoln, nature, nothing, powerful, speech, sustained, sympathetic, touched , while Abraham Lincoln freed the slaves, Robert Lincoln bought a nice ski lodge.
by Sarah Vowell (Author, American , born in 1969) keywords: abraham, bought, freed, lincoln, lodge, nice, robert, ski , slaves I discovered that Robert Todd Lincoln was there for each of the first three assassinations. I wanted to write about the Lincoln Memorial, so when I found out he had attended its dedication, that helped focus it further.
by Sarah Vowell (Author, American , born in 1969) keywords: assassinations, attended, dedication, discovered, each, first, focus, found, further, had, helped, lincoln, memorial, out, robert, three, todd, wanted , write Jesus and Lincoln, Moses and Jefferson can seem so long gone, so unbelievable, so dead.
by Sarah Vowell (Author, American , born in 1969) keywords: dead, gone, jefferson, jesus, lincoln, long, moses, seem , unbelievable Like Lincoln, I would like to believe the ballot is stronger than the bullet. Then again, he said that before he got shot.
by Sarah Vowell (Author, American , born in 1969) keywords: again, ballot, before, believe, bullet, got, lincoln, said, shot, stronger, than, then , would I received orders from Congress to proceed to Charleston in South Carolina, for the purpose of Co'operating with General Lincoln in the defense of that Capitol.
by Abraham Whipple (Soldier, American , born in 1733) keywords: capitol, carolina, charleston, co, congress, defense, general, lincoln, operating, orders, proceed, purpose, received , south 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.
by John Sergeant Wise (Author, American , born in 1846) keywords: abraham, choice, conceive, could, lincoln, majority, man, monster, ought, possible, president, satisfied, settled, such, thoroughly, would , yet
