Lincoln (2012 film) Quotes
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Top Quotes
“In times like this, I'm best alone.”
“Daniel Day-Lewis - President Abraham Lincoln”
“Do you think we choose the times into which we are born? Or do we fit the times we are born into?”
“Rotten Tomatoes: Lincoln”
“Every member of the House loyal to the Democratic Party and the constituents it serves shall oppose!”
“Wikipedia: Lincoln (2012 film)”
“Internet Movie Database (IMDb): Lincoln”
“The greatest measure of the 19th century was passed by corruption, aided and abetted by the purest man in America.”
“[to Cabinet members] As the preacher said; "I could write shorter sermons, but once I start I get too lazy to stop."”
“Joseph Gordon-Levitt - Robert Todd Lincoln”
“But all that was not enough for this dictator, who now seeks to insinuate his miscegenist pollution into the Constitution itself!”
“David Warshofsky - Democratic Congressmann William Hutton”
“James Spader - Republican Party operative William N. Bilbo”
“John Hawkes - Republican operative Colonel Robert Latham”
“Stephen Spinella - Radical Republican Congressman Asa Vintner Litton”
“Nothing surprises you, Asa, therefore nothing about you is surprising. Perhaps that is why your constituents did not re-elect you to the coming term?”
“Joseph Cross - John Hay”
“Trust? Oh. I'm sorry, I was under the misapprehension your chosen profession was politics. I never trusted the President, never trusted anyone, but hasn't he surprised you?”
“The part assigned to me is to raise the flag, which, if there be no fault in the machinery, I will do, and when up, it'll be for the people to keep it up. That's my speech.”