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"Lincoln" quotes

Lincoln poster
As the American Civil War continues to rage, America's president struggles with continuing carnage on the battlefield as he fights with many inside his own cabinet on the decision to emancipate the slaves.

Director: Steven Spielberg
Writer: Tony Kushner, Doris Kearns Goodwin
Production: N/A
Year: 2012
MetaScore: 86/100
ImdbRating: 7.3
BoxOffice: $182,207,973
Released: 16 Nov 2012
Awards: Won 2 Oscars. 107 wins & 252 nominations total
Some of us was in the Second Kansas Colored - Lincoln 01:20 Some of us was in the Second Kansas Colored That there is a great - Lincoln 01:04 That there is a great What violates natural law - Lincoln 00:19 What violates natural law Wood conclude his interminable gabble - Lincoln 00:39 Wood conclude his interminable gabble You have a visitor - Lincoln 01:37 You have a visitor Back when I rode the legal circuit in Illinois - Lincoln 11:09 Back when I rode the legal circuit in Illinois How the people love my husband - Lincoln 00:50 How the people love my husband I have to do this - Lincoln 02:29 I have to do this It was right after the revolution - Lincoln 01:09 It was right after the revolution I could write shorter sermons - Lincoln 00:12 I could write shorter sermons The moral carcass of the gentleman from Ohio - Lincoln 01:01 The moral carcass of the gentleman from Ohio I wanted you to have a look at this prospectus here - Lincoln 00:10 I wanted you to have a look at this prospectus here I can't listen to this anymore - Lincoln 00:54 I can't listen to this anymore Euclid's first common notion is this - Lincoln 00:51 Euclid's first common notion is this The people elected me to represent them - Lincoln 00:33 The people elected me to represent them Is out of order - Lincoln 00:16 Is out of order The greatest measure of the Nineteenth Century - Lincoln 00:14 The greatest measure of the Nineteenth Century I don't know about myself - Lincoln 00:23 I don't know about myself My vote ties us - Lincoln 00:37 My vote ties us I must make my decision - Lincoln 00:30 I must make my decision But I would rather stay - Lincoln 00:11 But I would rather stay Not only of the millions now in bondage - Lincoln 01:05 Not only of the millions now in bondage Roll call concludes - Lincoln 00:29 Roll call concludes Slavery is the only insult to the natural law - Lincoln 00:08 Slavery is the only insult to the natural law If you can look into the seeds of time - Lincoln 00:15 If you can look into the seeds of time Maybe a negro colonel - Lincoln 01:04 Maybe a negro colonel We've made it possible for one another to do terrible things - Lincoln 00:10 We've made it possible for one another to do terrible... Fondly do we hope - Lincoln 01:02 Fondly do we hope Thus fulfilling - Lincoln 00:36 Thus fulfilling By outward appearance - Lincoln 00:13 By outward appearance Gentlemen you have a visitor - Lincoln 00:52 Gentlemen you have a visitor It opens - Lincoln 00:03 It opens The kind that hates niggers - Lincoln 00:15 The kind that hates niggers My trust in him is marrow deep - Lincoln 00:08 My trust in him is marrow deep Lincoln the capitulating compromiser - Lincoln 00:42 Lincoln the capitulating compromiser If you want to discuss peace with President Lincoln - Lincoln 00:24 If you want to discuss peace with President Lincoln I did say  some  colored men - Lincoln 00:30 I did say some colored men Though I wanted to - Lincoln 01:01 Though I wanted to I have to do this and I will do it - Lincoln 00:36 I have to do this and I will do it No you're going to tell a story - Lincoln 00:15 No you're going to tell a story You are a democrat - Lincoln 00:08 You are a democrat The part assigned to me is to raise the flag which - Lincoln 00:32 The part assigned to me is to raise the flag which I haven't noticed you - Lincoln 00:12 I haven't noticed you When the people disagree - Lincoln 00:22 When the people disagree Do you need company - Lincoln 00:15 Do you need company I ought have done for Tad's sake - Lincoln 00:24 I ought have done for Tad's sake If we submit ourselves to law - Lincoln 01:05 If we submit ourselves to law Anyone who thinks that doesn't understand - Lincoln 00:41 Anyone who thinks that doesn't understand I can't make sense of it - Lincoln 00:49 I can't make sense of it I don't hold with equality in all things - Lincoln 00:10 I don't hold with equality in all things Don't waste that power - Lincoln 00:15 Don't waste that power With malice toward none - Lincoln 00:31 With malice toward none Seward can't do it - Lincoln 00:15 Seward can't do it No one has ever lived who knows better than you - Lincoln 00:12 No one has ever lived who knows better than you Votes for women - Lincoln 00:09 Votes for women Estimable colleagues - Lincoln 00:22 Estimable colleagues Liberality all around - Lincoln 00:17 Liberality all around That's what he said - Lincoln 00:16 That's what he said And though it's imperceptible in the darkness - Lincoln 00:52 And though it's imperceptible in the darkness I want to see Willie - Lincoln 00:16 I want to see Willie It's not illegal to bribe congressmen - Lincoln 00:11 It's not illegal to bribe congressmen See I'll be the only man over 15 and under 65 - Lincoln 00:08 See I'll be the only man over 15 and under 65 When you were a slave - Lincoln 00:27 When you were a slave Woe unto you sir You will answer to me - Lincoln 00:59 Woe unto you sir You will answer to me I believe I am smiling - Lincoln 00:13 I believe I am smiling Nothing surprises you - Lincoln 00:20 Nothing surprises you It's late - Lincoln 00:16 It's late Deliver your own goddamn petition - Lincoln 00:07 Deliver your own goddamn petition What violates natural law - Lincoln 00:28 What violates natural law Have you lost your very soul - Lincoln 00:43 Have you lost your very soul We're eager to be on our way to Washington - Lincoln 00:33 We're eager to be on our way to Washington If the rebels surrendered next week - Lincoln 00:47 If the rebels surrendered next week A gift for you - Lincoln 00:13 A gift for you Read it to me again - Lincoln 00:44 Read it to me again The war will be over in a month - Lincoln 00:20 The war will be over in a month I am the president of the United States of America - Lincoln 00:20 I am the president of the United States of America When have I ever been so easily bamboozled - Lincoln 00:25 When have I ever been so easily bamboozled We have heard the chimes at midnight - Lincoln 00:06 We have heard the chimes at midnight I went to Richmond to talk to traitors - Lincoln 00:23 I went to Richmond to talk to traitors Thunder forth God of War - Lincoln 00:05 Thunder forth God of War Shake thy hoary locks - Lincoln 00:07 Shake thy hoary locks Over in Pennsylvania - Lincoln 00:11 Over in Pennsylvania Sum a bitch gonna sit down - Lincoln 00:05 Sum a bitch gonna sit down Dictators aren't susceptible to law - Lincoln 00:40 Dictators aren't susceptible to law To which I always listen - Lincoln 00:10 To which I always listen We'll have to extemporize and experiment with what it is - Lincoln 00:58 We'll have to extemporize and experiment with what it... Looks like he ate a bad oyster - Lincoln 00:04 Looks like he ate a bad oyster Shall we stop this bleeding - Lincoln 00:10 Shall we stop this bleeding Don't spend too much money on the flub dubs - Lincoln 00:07 Don't spend too much money on the flub dubs

Cast

Abraham Lincoln - Daniel Day-Lewis
Mary Todd Lincoln - Sally Field
William Seward - David Strathairn
Robert Lincoln - Joseph Gordon-Levitt
W.N. Bilbo - James Spader