Lincoln

Lincoln2012

Stars: Daniel Day-Lewis, Sally Field, David Strathairn, Joseph Gordon-Levitt
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Rating: PG-13
Runtime: 150 minutes

Lincoln is a 2012 historical film about the the final four months of Lincoln's life, focusing on the President's efforts in January 1865 to have the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution (which abolished slavery) passed by the Unite… more »



Abraham Lincoln:
I did say some colored men, the intelligent, the educated, and veterans, I qualified it.

James Ashley:
Mr. Stevens is furious, he wants to know why you qualified it.

Schuyler Colfax:
No one heard the intelligent or the educated part. All they heard was the first time any president has ever made mention of Negro voting.

Abraham Lincoln:
Still, I wish I'd mentioned it in a better speech.

James Ashley:
Mr. Stevens also wants to know why you didn't make a better speech.

[There's a knock on the door; John Nicolay enters.]

John Nicolay:
Mrs. Lincoln's waiting in the carriage. She wants me to remind you of the hour, and that you'll have to pick up Miss Harris and Major Rathbone.

Abraham Lincoln:
Am I in trouble?

William Slade:
No, sir.

[Slade hands Lincoln his gloves as Colfax and Ashley drain their drinks and rise.]

Abraham Lincoln:
I suppose it's time to go though I would rather stay.

[On the way out, Lincoln tosses the gloves on a side table. Slade grabs them, considers chasing after Lincoln, then walks back towards the office. Slade turns and watches till Lincoln turns the corner and is gone.]

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