Before you give up hope, turn back and read the attacks that were made on Lincoln.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Lincoln believed in the American people.
President Lincoln chose to fight a bloody and unpopular war because he believed the enemy had to be defeated. He was right.
Politically I did not like Mr. Lincoln, for in him I saw the destroyer.
What I thought we ought to try to do in a book like this is to focus closely on Lincoln, himself, to see what he knew, how he knew it, how he came to make the decisions that he did, and how he implemented them.
I discovered that Robert Todd Lincoln was there for each of the first three assassinations. I wanted to write about the Lincoln Memorial, so when I found out he had attended its dedication, that helped focus it further.
I had not got over the prejudice against Lincoln with which my personal contact with him in 1858 imbued me.
What Republicans need to do is to go back to their roots - starting with Lincoln - and remind the nation that they are the party of national growth, racial equality and unity of purpose. These Lincolnian themes will serve Republicans - and the nation - much better than becoming the party on the lookout for the supposed rat head of higher taxes.
I'm not sure Lincoln would fare well if he were a presidential candidate today.
If Lincoln were alive today, he'd be turning over in his grave.
I cannot swallow whole the view of Lincoln as the Great Emancipator.