Those who knew Lincoln described him as an extraordinarily funny man. Humor was an essential aspect of his temperament. He laughed, he explained, so he did not weep.
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Lincoln was the greatest speaker and he was ridiculed for how he looked, you know?
You know, Lincoln was funny. I don't think F.D.R. was very funny. But Lincoln was funny. Lincoln was really funny. But I think you should get elected first, and then show that you're funny.
Humor is an affirmation of dignity, a declaration of man's superiority to all that befalls him.
Humor helps ease the tension of race and the differences in society. If there wasn't comedy I don't know if Obama could have ever become president.
People don't realize what a brilliant politician Lincoln was. Looking back, we want to ascribe a level of providence to his every decision but he was a cunning and calculating politician; from the cultivation of his image as a hayseed from Illinois, to his ability to keep this country together under dire circumstances.
The president of General Motors was in a foul humor.
The sense of humor has other things to do than to make itself conspicuous in the act of laughter.
The laughter of man is more terrible than his tears, and takes more forms hollow, heartless, mirthless, maniacal.
True humor springs not more from the head than from the heart. It is not contempt; its essence is love. It issues not in laughter, but in still smiles, which lie far deeper.
My capacity for humour may have come largely from my father - he liked to entertain people, make people laugh.
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