Lincoln Memorial Quotes

• The Lincoln Memorial is related to the toga and the civilization that wore it.

  Frank Lloyd Wright

  Artist, Civilization, Memorial

  Frank Lloyd Wright (1987). “Truth Against the World: Frank Lloyd Wright Speaks for an Organic Architecture”

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• The people who visit the [Lincoln] memorial always look like an advertisement for democracy, so bizarrely, suspiciously diverse that one time I actually saw a man in a cowboy hat standing there reading the Gettysburg Address next to a Hasidic Jew. I wouldn’t have been surprised if they had linked arms with a woman in a burka and a Masai warrior, to belt out ‘It’s a Small World After All,’ flanked by a chorus line of nuns and field-tripping, rainbow-skinned schoolchildren

  Sarah Vowell

  Reading, Warrior, Men

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• It was August 28th, 1963, and the greatest civil rights coalition in modern history had descended upon Washington. Hundreds of thousands of protesters trekked through the heat, stretching from the Washington Monument to the Lincoln Memorial.

  Yvette Clarke

  Rights, August, Memorial

  "Black History Is American History" by Rep. Yvette D. Clarke, www.huffingtonpost.com. April 10, 2010.

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• If you go to the Lincoln Memorial, the Second Inaugural is probably the most religious speech ever given by an American President. In its 732 words, it references God 14 times and has two verses of the Bible.

  Newt Gingrich

  Religious, Two, Memorial

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• The government is trying to now close the Lincoln Memorial for any kind of large gatherings.

  Glenn Beck

  Government, Memorial, Trying

  "Hardball with Chris Matthews", www.nbcnews.com. August 18, 2010.

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• I discovered that Robert Todd Lincoln was there for each of the first three assassinations. I wanted to write about the Lincoln Memorial, so when I found out he had attended its dedication, that helped focus it further.

  Sarah Vowell

  Writing, Dedication, Focus

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• In all my shows, I'm not interested in the iconic shots of the Capitol and the Washington Monument and the Lincoln Memorial. I'm always interested in trying to get the culture of the place - trying to get it right.

  David Nevins

  Memorial, Trying, Washington Monument

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