Abraham Lincoln vs. Cory Booker
Read 20 entries attributed to Abraham Lincoln alongside 20 attributed to Cory Booker. Compare the wording and topic labels.
This page places 20 entries attributed to Abraham Lincoln alongside 20 attributed to Cory Booker. Each selection is ordered by stored importance score. These are selections from QuoteLineage, not complete accounts of either author's work.
Topic labels present in both displayed selections: truth, justice, books. Shared labels do not by themselves demonstrate agreement, disagreement, or influence between the authors.
Attributed to Abraham Lincoln, entry #171: "I hope I am over wary; but if I am not, there is, even now, something of ill-omen, amongst us. I mean the increasing disregard for law which pervades the country; the growing disp…"
Attributed to Cory Booker, entry #216106: "Cory Booker for Senate"
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Abraham Lincoln
1744 – 1786
Abraham Lincoln (1809) was the 16th President of the United States, who led the nation through the Civil War and abolished slavery.
"I hope I am over wary; but if I am not, there is, even now, something of ill-omen, amongst us. I mean the increasing disregard for law which pervades the cou…"
#Epistemology"They believe that the Congress of the United States has no power under the Constitution to interfere with the institution of slavery in the different States."
#Politics"A stanza of Lincoln's "On Seduction" (1837-39) as conveyed by James H. Matheny (1865 or 1866)"
#Politics"Every man is said to have his peculiar ambition. Whether it be true or not, I can say, for one, that I have no other so great as that of being truly esteemed…"
#Metaphysics"Resolutions upon the subject of domestic slavery having passed both branches of the General Assembly at its present session, the undersigned hereby protest a…"
#Politics"I have now come to the conclusion never again to think of marrying, and for this reason; I can never be satisfied with anyone who would be blockhead enough t…"
#Epistemology"Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves."
#Politics"They believe that the institution of slavery is founded on both injustice and bad policy, but that the promulgation of Abolition doctrines tends rather to in…"
#Politics"These capitalists generally act harmoniously and in concert to fleece the people, and now that they have got into a quarrel with themselves, we are called up…"
#Politics"America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves."
#Politics"The better part of one's life consists of his friendships."
#friendship"I can see how it might be possible for a man to look down upon the earth and be an atheist, but I cannot conceive how he could look up into the heavens and s…"
#nature"The truth is, that this question is one of national importance, and we cannot help dealing with it: we must do something about it, whether we will or not. We…"
#truth"You dislike the emancipation proclamation; and, perhaps, would have it retracted. You say it is unconstitutional — I think differently. I think the constitut…"
#justice"All portions of this confederacy should act in harmony and with careful deliberation. The Democrats cry John Brown invasion. We are guiltless of it, but our …"
#freedom"The true rule, in determining to embrace, or reject any thing, is not whether it have any evil in it; but whether it have more of evil, than of good. There a…"
#truth"My paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union, and is not either to save or to destroy slavery. If I could save the Union without freeing any sla…"
#freedom"When you have got an elephant by the hind leg, and he is trying to run away, it's best to let him run."
"The severest justice may not always be the best policy."
#justice"So you're the little woman who wrote the book that made this great war!"
#booksCory Booker
1969
Cory Anthony Booker is an American politician and lawyer serving as the senior United States senator from New Jersey, a seat he has held since 2013. A member of the Democratic Party, Booker is the first African-American U.S. senator from New Jersey.
"Cory Booker for Senate"
#books"Immediately I knew that was problematic . Because the show starts with our bios, and it starts with, ‘John Lewis, hero of the civil rights movement stood on …"
#life"Sometimes you go in the pit before you go to the palace, right? You know? And that was the story of Saint Joseph ... Martin Luther King was slain, they wrote…"
#hope"You are dipping into the Kool-aid and you do not even know the flavor ."
#knowledge"I’m not here to tell folk just what they should know, I’m here to call on folk to understand that in a moral moment, there is no neutral. In a moral moment, …"
#knowledge"Working Americans would tell you that the dignity of work is being stripped ... they are working harder than their parents and falling further behind ... whi…"
#family"The "power of the people" is greater than the "people in power" ... Change does not come from Washington, it comes to Washington."
#change"There is great dignity in work – and in America, if you want to provide for your family, you should be able to find a full-time job that pays a fair wage. Th…"
#time"I don’t think most Americans realize that the way we raise animals is such a betrayal of the heritage of our grandparents. I don’t think they realize that … …"
#life"I’m a big believer that if America, if this country hasn’t broken your heart, then you don’t love her enough. Because there’s things that are savagely wrong …"
#love"... marijuana in our country is already legal for privileged people ... the war on drugs has been a war on black and brown people."
#books"Cynicism about America’s current state of affairs is ultimately a form of surrender."
#justice"原文：... I hear him literally say that "I don’t think we should legalize marijuana." I thought you might have been high when you said it ... marijuana in our c…"
#mind"We prove worthy of the privileges that we have not by paying anything back, but by paying it forward."
#war"We are brick city. We are like bricks themselves. We are strong. We are resilient. We are enduring."
#human nature"The reality is we have to make sure that we have a military that’s prepared, but right now, we have more military spending than the next 10, 11, 12 countries…"
#truth"Most people think that these high-density poor neighborhoods, predominately people of color, just came about through some accident of history, but they were …"
#justice"Lets you and I try to live on food stamps in New Jersey and feed a family for a week or month. U game?"
#family"We say an oath that we are a nation of liberty and justice for all, but that’s just words. It’s a civic faith, but I’m one of these people that says before y…"
#justice"We make a grave mistake when we assume this spirit of connectedness is automatic or inevitable. It is not a birthright. A united country is an enduring strug…"
#leadership