Quotes on Abraham Lincoln

He said that he was too old to cry, but it hurt too much to laugh.
- Adlai Stevenson (1900 - 1965), U.S. statesman.Quoting Abraham Lincoln.
Speech, after losing the presidential election

Lincoln had faith in time, and time has justified his faith.
- Benjamin Harrison (1833 - 1901), U.S. president.
Lincoln Day Address

Lincoln was not a type. He stands alone—no ancestors, no fellows, no successors.
- Robert G. Ingersoll (1833 - 1899), U.S. lawyer.

Mr. Lincoln is like a waiter in a large eating house where all the bells are ringing at once; he cannot serve them all at once and so some grumblers are to be expected.
- John Bright (1811 - 1889), British politician.Referring to Abraham Lincoln.

Mr. Lincoln's soul seems made of leather, and incapable of any grand or noble emotion...He lowers, he never elevates you.
- Anonymous, New York Post

My heart burned within me with indignation and grief; we could think of nothing else. All night long we had but little sleep, waking up perpetually to the sense of a great shock and grief. Everyone is feeling the same. I never knew such a universal feeling.
- Elizabeth Gaskell (1810 - 1865), British novelist.Referring to the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.
Letter to C. E. Norton