Famous quotes containing the words abraham lincoln, president and/or lincoln:
“In the untimely loss of your noble son, our affliction here, is scarcely less than your own.”
—Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865)
“I don’t know a great deal about life in Washington for women—I spent a summer there once working in the White House, and my main memories of the experience have to do with a very bad permanent wave I have always been convinced kept me from having a meaningful relationship with President Kennedy ...”
—Nora Ephron (b. 1941)
“I expect to maintain this contest until successful, or till I die, or am conquered, or my term expires, or Congress or the country forsakes me.”
—Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865)