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The Impeachment of Abraham Lincoln QUOTES

The Impeachment of Abraham Lincoln QUOTES

1 " Jonathan had been around Washington long enough to know that no offer was exactly what it seemed. "

― Stephen L. Carter , The Impeachment of Abraham Lincoln

2 " So many people of liberal persuasion value their own progressive opinions more than they value the people they hold those opinions about. "

― Stephen L. Carter , The Impeachment of Abraham Lincoln

3 " He seemed to believe that indignation was a sufficient guardian. "

― Stephen L. Carter , The Impeachment of Abraham Lincoln

4 " He was vain and tended to surround himself with intellectual and moral pygmies. "

― Stephen L. Carter , The Impeachment of Abraham Lincoln

5 " He was the sort of man who only wanted to be told what he already assumed was true. "

― Stephen L. Carter , The Impeachment of Abraham Lincoln

6 " Our sense of history has grown dangerously thin, and our sense of proportion with it. "

― Stephen L. Carter , The Impeachment of Abraham Lincoln

7 " Coming from a business family, she shied away from abstractions. "

― Stephen L. Carter , The Impeachment of Abraham Lincoln

8 " She had been carried away by the need to defend herself. "

― Stephen L. Carter , The Impeachment of Abraham Lincoln

9 " People seem to remember the sacrifices they made more than what the sacrifices were for. "

― Stephen L. Carter , The Impeachment of Abraham Lincoln

10 " The victors always think they are righteous. But then, they always seem to start a mighty unrighteous squabbling over the spoils. "

― Stephen L. Carter , The Impeachment of Abraham Lincoln

11 " The only way to prove his willingness to wait would be to wait. "

― Stephen L. Carter , The Impeachment of Abraham Lincoln

12 " Never act surprised in a courtroom. "

― Stephen L. Carter , The Impeachment of Abraham Lincoln

13 " Every conflict plagues the peace that follows it. "

― Stephen L. Carter , The Impeachment of Abraham Lincoln

14 " Her mother, by showing her off all through childhood, had trained into her the instinct to defeat the expectations of others. "

― Stephen L. Carter , The Impeachment of Abraham Lincoln

15 " She wondered why white folks, who had everything, spent so much time fighting over who got how much, while black folks, who had nothing, just sat around feeling sorry for they selves. "

― Stephen L. Carter , The Impeachment of Abraham Lincoln