Famous people saying good things about Montana. What did Abraham Lincoln say about Montana?

Montana is known for its beauty and for being called "The Last Best Place" on earth but it is very interesting to see what some famous people had to say about the Treasure State over the years.

Actor Henry Winkler, known as the Fonz in Happy Days said that "Wyoming is good, but Montana is like heaven on earth."

Famous writer James Lee Burke said, " The allure of Montana is like a commitment to a narcotic: you can never use it up or get enough of it.  Its wilderness areas probably resemble the earth on the first day of creation."

Comedian Rich Hall once said, "in Montana, a policeman will pull you over because they are lonely."

Writer Norman Maclean who wrote the book, A River Runs Through it once said,  

"The world is full of bastards, the number increasing rapidly the further one gets from Missoula, Montana.

Author Ivan Doig once said about Montana, "It's a good idea to keep your hat on your head so the wind doesn't blow your hair off.

President Abraham Lincoln said this classic.  "My favorite state has not yet been invented.  It will be called Montana and it will be perfect.

"Everything is so big....the sky, the mountains, the wind swept plains....it sinks into you, it shapes your body and your dreams" said Author Christopher Paolini.

John Steinbeck had this classic line about Montana.  "Montana seems to me to be what a small boy would think Texas is like form hearing Texans."

Steinbeck also said the "Montana Mountains are the kind I would create if mountains were ever put on my agenda."

Don't you just love Montana.