Abraham Lincoln needs no marble shaft to perpetuate his name; his words are the most enduring monument, and will forever live in the hearts of the people. ~Osborn H. Oldroyd
If you look at his portraits they always give you an indelible impression of his great height. So does his life. Height of purpose, height of ideal, height of character, height of intelligence. ~David Lloyd George
Lincoln was not a type. He stands alone - no ancestors, no fellows, no successors. ~Robert G. Ingersoll
A faith like Lincoln's would transform the world! ~James Oppenheim
He showed that fame may be won and what services be rendered by a plain son of the people unaided by any gifts of fortune. ~James Bryce
In him was vindicated the greatness of real goodness and the goodness of real greatness. ~Phillips Brooks
Humble birth did not retard his genius, nor high place corrupt his soul. ~Cass Gilbert
He was one of the few great rulers whose wisdom increased with his power, and whose spirit grew gentler and tenderer as his triumphs were multiplied. ~James A. Garfield
His heart and his brain were utterly foreign to all vindictiveness or personal bitterness. He declared himself hotly and strongly against wrong causes, but never against men. ~London Spectator
QUOTATIONS ABOUT GEORGE WASHINGTON
Let him who looks for a monument to Washington look around the United States. Your freedom, your independence, your national power, your prosperity, and your prodigious growth are a monument to him. ~Louis Kossuth
George Washington is one of the beacons placed at intervals along the highroad of history. ~Orestes Ferrara
More than all, and above all, Washington was master of himself. ~Charles Francis Adams
His life was a hymn in praise of honor, uprightness, and patriotism. ~Orestes Ferrara
Washington's is the mightiest name of earth - long since mightiest in the cause of civil liberty; still mightiest in moral reformation. On that name no eulogy is expected. It cannot be. To add brightness to the sun, or glory to the name of Washington, is alike impossible. Let none attempt it. In solemn awe pronounce the name, and in its naked deathless splendor leave it shining on. ~Abraham Lincoln
He shaped and molded that office to the contours of his own heroic stature. ~W.J. Cameron
Eternity alone can reveal to the human race its debt of gratitude to the peerless and immortal name of Washington. ~James A. Garfield
He guided the passions of others, because he was master of his own. ~Ebenezer Grant Marsh
QUOTATIONS BY George Washington and Abraham Lincoln:  
I hope I shall possess firmness and virtue enough to maintain what I consider the most enviable of all titles, the character of an honest man. ~George Washington
In executing the duties of my present important station, I can promise nothing but purity of intentions, and, in carrying these into effect, fidelity and diligence. ~George Washington
I had rather be on my farm than be emperor of the world. ~George Washington
I am rather inclined to silence, and whether that be wise or not, it is at least more unusual nowadays to find a man who can hold his tongue than to find one who cannot. ~Abraham Lincoln
I have been driven many times upon my knees by the overwhelming conviction that I had nowhere else to go. My own wisdom and that of all about me seemed insufficient for that day. ~Abraham Lincoln
I leave you, hoping that the lamp of liberty will burn in your bosoms until there shall no longer be a doubt that all men are created free and equal. ~Abraham Lincoln
Those who deny freedom to others, deserve it not for themselves; and, under a just God, can not long retain it. ~Abraham Lincoln
Whenever I hear any one arguing for slavery I feel a strong impulse to see it tried on him personally. ~Abraham Lincoln
With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in; to bind up the nation's wounds; to care for him who shall have borne the battle, and for his widow and his orphan - to do all which may achieve and cherish a just and lasting peace, among ourselves, and with all nations. ~Abraham Lincoln
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