Scorned and ridiculed by many critics during his presidency, Lincoln became a martyr and almost a saint after his death. His words and deeds lived after him, and will be revered as long as there is a United States . Indeed, it seems quite likely that without his determined leadership the United States would have ceased to be... More than any other American, Lincoln 's name has gone into history. He gave all Americans, indeed all people everywhere, reason to remember that he had lived