“There's one reason why [Presidents' Day] is a holiday. It had nothing to do with our country deciding that we wanted to show reverence for our presidents, Lincoln, Washington, or all of them. Nothing to do with that. The ski industry wanted a three-day weekend.” CountryReasonShowsWantedThreePresidentIndustryOur CountryReason WhyHolidayWeekendReverenceSkisPresidents DayPresident Lincoln Author:Rush Limbaugh
“One of the things particularly admirable in the public utterances of President Lincoln is a certain tone of familiar dignity, which, while it is perhaps the most difficult attainment of mere style, is also no doubtful indication of personal character. There must be something essentially noble in an elective ruler who can descend to the level of confidential ease without forfeiting respect, something very manly in one who can break through the etiquette of his conventional rank and trust himself to the reason and intelligence of those who have elected him.” ReasonCharacterCertainDifficultPresidentLevelsBreakStyleDignityMereNobleFamiliarEaseToneRulersConventionalEtiquetteAttainmentAdmirableIndicationDoubtfulManlyBreak ThroughUtteranceConfidentialPersonal CharacterPresident Lincoln Book:Abraham Lincoln Source: Abraham Lincoln
“Today is the anniversary of the Gettysburg Address. President Lincoln wrote it on his way to the site of the speech on the back of an envelope. One guy on the back of an envelope wrote the great Gettysburg Address - while every night it takes six guys to write this crap!” WayWritingTodayNightGuyPresidentSpeechSixAddressesEvery NightSiteCrapEnvelopesGettysburgGettysburg AddressPresident Lincoln Author:David Letterman
“Presidents Lincoln, Jefferson, Jackson, presidents have understood that the Supreme Court cannot make a law. They cannot make it. The legislature has to make it, the executive branch has to sign it and enforce it.” LawPresidentUnderstoodCourtSupremeBranchesExecutivesSupreme CourtLegislatureExecutive BranchPresident Lincoln Author:Mike Huckabee