"Filthy Story-Teller, Despot, Liar, Thief, Braggart, Buffoon, Usurper, Monster, Ignoramus Abe, Old Scoundrel, Perjurer, Robher, Swindler, Tyrant, Field-Butcher, Land-Pirate."
Harper's Weekly on Abraham Lincoln
"We did not conceive it possible that even Mr Lincoln would produce a paper so slipshod, so loose-joined, so puerile, not alone in literary construction, but in its ideas, its sentiments, its grasp. He has outdone himself."
Chicago Times (1863) on Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address (19 November 1863)
"The right honourable and learned gentleman has twice crossed the floor of this House, each time leaving behind a trail of slime."
David Lloyd George on Sir John Simon (1873-1954)
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