Abraham Lincoln’s Legendary Gettysburg Address Promised ‘Government of the People, by the People, for the People’ The president’s humble speech, delivered on this day in 1863, was filled ...

When Abraham Lincoln was preparing his speech for his second inaugural in 1865, historians think he cut the sentences and ...

President Abraham Lincoln in his study in the 1860s. Fotosearch/Getty Images. With all of that as background, Lincoln began his address by asking a question: "Who were our fathers that framed the ...

Abraham Lincoln made a stop at the Montgomery County Courthouse in Dayton in 1859. Log In. ... In honor of that visit, we went into the archives for more on Lincoln’s 1859 speech in Dayton.

The nation's founding document has been celebrated by leaders across the centuries, and it can still guide us today.

In lieu of a traditional concession speech, the Wyoming congresswoman and daughter of the former vice president delivered a picturesque, made-for-TV call to arms invoking Abraham Lincoln and ...

Influential Abraham Lincoln quotes. 1. “Human action can be modified to some extent, but human nature cannot be changed.” —Cooper Union Address, New York, February 27, 1860 2. “Now, as to ...

Turns out he was right—at least about one of the speeches. Famous Abraham Lincoln Quotes: "Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man’s character, give him power." ...

With Tuesday marking the 161st anniversary of Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg address, Lincoln historian Steve Beckett shares with us a speech he delivered last month to a large crowd in the ...

When Abraham Lincoln was preparing his speech for his second inaugural in 1865, historians think he cut the sentences and paragraphs from a printed draft and pasted them onto the copy he planned ...