- Paperback: 90 pages
- Publisher: Dover Publications Inc. (1 Jan 2009)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0486440974
- ISBN-13: 978-0486440972
- Product Dimensions: 20.4 x 13 x 0.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 477,877 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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From the most eloquent of American presidents, nearly 400 astute observations on subjects ranging from women to warfare: "Bad promises are better broken than kept"; "Marriage is neither heaven nor hell; it is simply purgatory"; "Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried on him personally."
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Lincoln's Known and Relatively Unknown Quotes,
By Hassans (New Malden, Surrey, UK) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Wit and Wisdom of Abraham Lincoln: A Book of Quotations (Dover Thrift Editions) (Paperback)
This book contains many Abe Lincoln quotes both for inspiration and for citation. Suggested to orators and writers - or anyone!
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4.2 out of 5 stars (21 customer reviews) 37 of 42 people found the following review helpful:
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Lincoln said:,
By OAKSHAMAN "oakshaman" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Wit and Wisdom of Abraham Lincoln: A Treasury of Quotations, Anecdotes and Observations (Hardcover)
Abraham Lincoln showed a talent for sensing the future in the course of economic policy way back in 1863. Lincoln said then: "The money power preys upon the nation in times of peace and conspires against it in times of adversity. It is more despotic than monarchy, more insolent than autocracy, more selfish than bureaucracy.""I see in the near future a crisis approaching that unnerves me and causes me to tremble for the safety of my country. Corporations have been enthroned, an era of corruption in high places will follow, and the money power of the country will endeavor to prolong its reign by working upon the prejudices of the people until the wealth is aggregated in a few hands and the Republic is destroyed," Lincoln said. 10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
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Great Stories,
By Richard Salva "Host: 'LincolnReincarnation.co... - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Wit and Wisdom of Abraham Lincoln: A Treasury of Quotations, Anecdotes and Observations (Hardcover)
Humes book has a lot to offer Lincoln fans: a great many stories and anecdotes that shed a light on the many-facted, unique, and charming personality of our sixteenth president. I sometimes feel that these little story books do a better job of capturing someone's spirit than some of the big, thick biographies. And, at this price (same as a paperback), you can't go wrong.
Richard Salva--author of Soul Journey from Lincoln to Lindbergh [UNABRIDGED] 15 of 18 people found the following review helpful:
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Wonderful,
By Frederick L. Merritt Jr. - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Wit and Wisdom of Abraham Lincoln: A Treasury of Quotations, Anecdotes and Observations (Hardcover)
Lincoln is one of our most loved Presidents and with good reason. He is almost always recognised for his morality and honesty. Too often his intellect is overlooked. Reading this work will definitly provide the reader with a good idea of just how bright he was. I read this work straight through but it would also be a great "subway read". Each of the stories are short too the point and usually very funny. |
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