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Allen C. Guelzo

"Abraham Lincoln did have intellectual instincts, a tremendous curiosity on a broad range of subjects, and a near-photographic memory for what he read. He was, at the end of the day, a politician: politics were his heaven, said William Herndon. But Lincoln did take comfort in ideas and books, more so than almost any other president, and he went to books and ideas in moments of perplexity to sort things out. Philosopher, no, but thoughtful and "surprisingly well-read" for his day."

Source : Source: www.washingtonpost.com

Allen C. Guelzo

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“Marriage is a ghastly public confession of a strictly private intention.”
“We have the ability to craft a life where we are completely fulfilled. We think it is dependent on outsiders, and to some extent it is, but it is much more dependent on the attitude we bring to life.”
“When you help someone up a hill, you find yourself closer to the top.”
“I don't do nothing I don't want to do.”
“I'm only two years older than Brad Pitt, but I look a lot older, which used to greatly frustrate me. It doesn't anymore. I don't have to fit into that category and get trounced by Tom Cruise and Brad.”
“I have been true to the principles of nonviolence, developing a stronger and stronger aversion to the ideologies of both the far right and the far left and a deeper sense of rage and sorrow over the suffering they continue to produce all over the world.”

Source : "The Rise of Political Extremism and the Decline of Decency". Interview with Jessica Rettig, www.usnews.com. April 08, 2010.
“With a great poet the sense of Beauty overcomes every other consideration, or rather obliterates all consideration.”
“Yet friendship, I believe, is essential to intellectuals. It is probably the growth hormone the mind requires as it begins its activity of producing and exchanging ideas. You can date the evolving life of a mind, like the age of a tree, by the rings of friendship formed by the expanding central trunk. In the course of my history, not love or marriage so much as friendship has promoted growth.”

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