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“Every man is said to have his peculiar ambition,” he wrote. “I have no other so great as that of being truly esteemed of my fellow men, by rendering myself worthy of their esteem.”
― Doris Kearns Goodwin, Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln

“With public sentiment, nothing can fail; without it nothing can succeed.”
― Doris Kearns Goodwin, Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln

“Lincoln's ability to retain his emotional balance in such difficult situations was rooted in actute self-awareness and an enormous capacity to dispel anxiety in constructive ways.”
― Doris Kearns Goodwin