Famous quotes containing the words abraham lincoln, president and/or lincoln:
“When Abraham Lincoln penned the immortal emancipation proclamation he did not stop to inquire whether every man and every woman in Southern slavery did or did not want to be free. Whether women do or do not wish to vote does not affect the question of their right to do so.”
—Mary E. Haggart, U.S. suffragist. As quoted in History of Woman Suffrage, vol. 4, ch. 3, by Susan B. Anthony and Ida Husted Harper (1902)
“When the President does it, that means that it is not illegal.”
—Richard M. Nixon (1913–1992)
“Our common country is in great peril, demanding the loftiest views, and boldest action to bring it speedy relief.”
—Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865)