Allen C. Guelzo states that Lincoln was a "classical liberal democrat—an enemy of artificial hierarchy, a friend to trade and business as ennobling and enabling, and an American counterpart to Mill, Cobden, and Bright", whose portrait Lincoln hung in his White House office.
ˈælən sˈiː. ɡˈɛlzoʊ stˈeɪts ðæt lˈɪŋkən wʌzɐ "klˈæsɪkəl lˈɪbɚɹəl dˈɛməkɹˌæt—ɐn ˈɛnəmi ʌv ˌɑːɹɾɪfˈɪʃəl hˈaɪɚɹɑːɹki, ɐ fɹˈɛnd tə tɹˈeɪd ænd bˈɪznəs æz ɛnˈoʊblɪŋ ænd ɛnˈeɪblɪŋ, ænd ɐn ɐmˈɛɹɪkən kˈaʊntɚpˌɑːɹt tə mˈɪl, kˈɑːbdən, ænd bɹˈaɪt", hˌuːz pˈoːɹtɹɪt lˈɪŋkən hˈʌŋ ɪn hɪz wˈaɪt hˈaʊs ˈɑːfɪs.