When I Do Research, I Have Done

Those Who Knew Lincoln Described Him As An Extraordinarily Funny Man. Humor Was An Essential Aspect Of His Temperament. He Laughed, He Explained, So He Did Not Weep.

Washington Was A Typical American. Napoleon Was A Typical Frenchman, But Lincoln Was A Humanitarian As Broad As The World. He Was Bigger Than His Country - Bigger Than All The Presidents Together. We Are Still Too Near To His Greatness,' (leo) Tolstoy (in 1908) Concluded, 'but After A Few Centuries More Our Posterity Will Find Him Considerably Bigger Than We Do. His Genius Is Still Too Strong And Powerful For The Common Understanding, Just As The Sun Is Too Hot When Its Light Beams Directly On Us.' (748)

I Liked The Thought That The Book I Was Now Holding Had Been Held By Dozens Of Others.

When You Are An Historian, There's Probably Nothing That Matters More Than To Be Recognized By Your Colleagues In Your Own Profession. I Was Lucky Enough To Win The Pulitzer Prize For History. I Had To Give A Talk Right After That To Some Young People. The Most Important Thing To Tell Them, I Think, Is That You Can't Ever Know That It's Going To Turn Out That Way.

I Think, As A President, You Have To Want Respect. You Can't Look For Love From The American People. You Have To Just Do What You Think Is Right. Some People Will Hate You, But Others, In The Long Run, Will Respect You For What You've Done.