David H. Donald Quotes (4 Quotes)

When I made the decision to go ahead with the project, I said I was going to try and write as if no other biography of Lincoln had yet been written.

The truth is that I already had written a good deal about Lincoln in a peripheral fashion, but I had always stayed away from the main subject.

But added to those accomplishments, of course, there is the assassination, and Americans have a fascination with assassinations and their legacy.

But I do agree that one of Lincoln's faults was his excessive loyalty to his subordinates - whether in the military or in the civil service.