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* Lincoln's favorite story. It's about Ethan Allen going to England to conduct business upon the end of the American Revolution. While there, he gets invited to the house of a notable English lord. While there, he notices a portrait of UsefulNotes/GeorgeWashington on the wall in the bathroom (it's been put there as an insult), but doesn't comment on it. After dinner and some talking, the lord, with a smirk, just has to ask what Allen thought of the portrait. Specifically, if he put it in the right place. Allen says he does think it's in the right place. The lord gets confused and asks him why. Allen responds [[spoiler:[[BringMyBrownPants "There is nothing that will make an Englishman shit quicker than the sight]] of UsefulNotes/GeorgeWashington."]]
** Right after that, the screen cuts to a picture of [[DeathGlare Washington]] on the wall. Somehow, it makes the story even funnier.
** Even better because Ethan Allen ''actually said this'' in real life.
** Let's be clear. Just about ALL of Lincoln's stories are this.
** The story about the parrot that kept announcing each day was the day the world would end [[spoiler:until his owner shot him]] is funny in a [[CringeComedy more awkward sort of way]].
** And Edwin Stanton storming out upon realizing Lincoln is going into LetMeTellYouAStory mode.
-->'''Edwin Stanton: '''No! You're going to tell a story! I don't believe that I can bear to listen to another one of your stories right now! ''(storms out while barking orders at subordinates)''
** Granted, Lincoln started telling this story in the middle of the attack on Wilmington, and Stanton was arguably right to be angry, as he felt Lincoln was being flippant.
* As usual, just about everything that comes out of Creator/TommyLeeJones' mouth.
** Special mention to the scene where he verbally intimidates one Democrat into voting for the 13th Amendment but not switching parties. "Say it slowly, Re-pub-li..."
** Then he concludes their talk with "[[SarcasticClapping Congratulations on your victory]], now get out."
** The phrase "[[InherentlyFunnyWords fatuous nincompoop]]" deserves mention as well.
** His first scene, where he holds court with members of his faction of the Republican Party, where he just spends every other line insulting the fussiness of his subordinates.
*** When one wonders whether Lincoln can be trusted, Stevens cantankerously remarks in [[SarcasmMode exaggerated disbelief]] "Trust? I'm sorry, I was under the misapprehension that your profession of choice was ''politics''."
*** He also deflects one of his colleagues' skepticism about the President with a simple "Nothing surprises you, Asa, therefore [[TakeThat nothing about you IS surprising.]] Perhaps that is why your constituents chose not to re-elect you for the coming term?"
** And again, the stuff said on the House floor in the movie is based very closely on the official records (which however, some claim Stevens had "sanitized" as his actual eviscerations of his political opponents were even more brutal and less fit for print)
* The adventures and misadventures of Sewards' lobbyists as they attempt to court votes from lame-duck Democrats with job offers or outright bribes, including an inverse of the PercussivePickpocket (crashing into a Congressman so that he drops his bank withdrawal, and "helpfully" piling the cash up... onto a folder containing their proposal) and an incident where one of them tries to ''shoot'' the ringleader (he flees, realizes he forgot his papers, and throws leaves and dirt into the [[TranquilFury calmly-reloading]] Congressman's face while cursing).
** Even better, it actually looked like the Congressmen was trying to reload faster than the ringleader could collect the papers, because it's no myth on how incredibly tedious it was to reload a gun from that time.
* "Well, I'll be fucked."
** The response is also good; "I wouldn't bet against it."
* Tad riding his goat-pulled carriage. Also another true bit of history.
* "Don' let 'im pardon any more deserters... zzzz...."
* Lincoln's not-so-epic speech during the flag-raising ceremony.
-->'''Lincoln:''' The part assigned to me is to raise the flag, which, if there be no fault in the machinery, I will do, and when up, it will be for the people to keep it up. ''[{{Beat}}]'' That's my speech.
** Made even funnier because, in a nod to well-known Lincoln lore, he's shown storing the written version of it in his hat.
* Although it's during one of Abe's most [[SugarWiki/AwesomeMoments rip-roaring speeches]], hearing him angrily call Representative Ashley and his fellow abolitionists "[[InherentlyFunnyWords pettifogging Tammany Hall hucksters]]" is worth a laugh as well.
* After one of the more weak-willed Democrats decides to vote yes, saying he doesn't care if he gets shot, his neighbor votes no, then yes, and then he abstains, all within the course of maybe 11 seconds.
* In the beginning of the film, two young white soldiers run up to Lincoln during his talk with the black soldiers and are obviously shocked and tongue-tied to be in the presence of their president. So what do they finally say?
-->'''Soldier 1:''' Hey, how tall are you?
-->'''Soldier 2:''' Aw, man, shut up!
* Robert trying to argue with his father about not being allowed to enlist before the big party. Lincoln walks off, which leads to this:
-->'''Robert:''' I'll be the only man over 15 and under 65 not in uniform!
-->'''Tad:''' [[ComicallyMissingThePoint I'm under 15.]] ''*motions to the Union army uniform he's wearing*''
-->'''Robert:''' ''*turns and walks out in exasperation, slamming the door behind him*''
* The men being hired to offer patronage jobs to Democrats are being told what they can and can't do. One man's justification for resorting to bribery: "It's not illegal to bribe Congressmen. They starve otherwise."
* During Lincoln and Tad's visit to the Blairs, Elizabeth comments on Montgomery's bluntness as being the reason why he was pushed out of the Cabinet. [[note]]he had been Postmaster General until 1864[[/note]] Monty indignantly declares otherwise, and then turns to ''Tad'' of all the people in the room in order to emphasize that he agreed to resign, apparently seeking the approval of the 11 year old in the room.
* The lighthearted tone during what would turn out to be Lincoln's last cabinet meeting, when they are discussing enfranchising blacks:
-->'''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.\\
'''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.

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