Abe Lincoln in Illinois (film)

"[discussing why he can't face Mary Todd before his marriage to her] I'd have to tell her that I have hatred for her infernal ambition. That I don't want to be ridden and driven onward and upward through life with her whip bashing me and her spurs digging in me. If her poor little soul craves importance in life let her marry Stephen Douglas. He's ambitious too. I want only to be left alone."

"[to Billy Herndon] Careful. Billy, you've got great fires in yuh, but you're puttin' 'em out fast."

"A house divided against itself cannot stand. The government cannot endure permanently half slave and half free."

"Mentor Graham: Well, Abe, there are always two occupations open to those who have failed at everything else: school teaching and politics."

"Lincoln's Cook: President of the United States! If they get him back there into Washington, he won't ever come out alive."

"Jack Armstrong: [to the crowd] I tell you, you all ought to listen to the judge. He got a round belly but a level head. No one can do nothin' with me without lickin' me first!"

"Raymond Massey — Abraham Lincoln"

"Gene Lockhart — Stephen A. Douglas"

"Ruth Gordon — Mary Todd Lincoln"

"Mary Howard de Liagre — Ann Rutledge"

"Minor Watson — Joshua Speed"

"Alan Baxter — Billy Herndon"

"Harvey Stephens — Ninian Edwards"

"Howard Da Silva — Jack Armstrong"

"Dorothy Tree — Elizabeth Edwards"

"Aldrich Bowker — Judge Bowling Green"

"Maurice Murphy — John McNeil"

"Louis Jean Heydt — Mentor Graham"

"Clem Bevans — Ben Mattling"

"Harlan Briggs — Denton Offut"

"George Rosener — Dr. Chandler"

"Trevor Bardette — John Hanks"

"Syd Saylor — John Johnston"

"Elisabeth Risdon — Sarah Lincoln"

"Charles Middleton — Tom Lincoln"

"Sonny Bupp — Willie Lincoln (uncredited)"