Lincoln's pithy sayings

[Eva Elisabeth]

Welcome Juan - great you joined! I, too, am a lover of Lincoln's words and wisdom. As for the latter and "one war at a time" (which he said in the course of the "Trent Affair"), one of my favorite examples for Lincoln's skills to deal with people is how he "handled" Seward in this case. The stove comment, if I remember correctly, he said to Thaddeus Stevens.

(04-17-2015 09:26 AM)RJNorton Wrote:  Welcome Juan! I have always felt one of Lincoln's neatest sayings was reported by John Hay and is included in Hay's diary:

"Common looking people are the best in the world: that is the reason the Lord makes so many of them."

Roger, this is probably my absolute favorite as I think it is so right! And it tells so much about the speaker himself!