"whether it be competent for me, as Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy, to declare the slaves of any State or States free, and whether at any time, in any case, it shall have become a necessity in..."
"I beg of you a calm and enlarged consideration of them, ranging, if it may be, far above personal and partisan politics."
"It has not been customary heretofore, nor will it be hereafter, for me to say something to every regiment passing in review."
"For your kind expressions I am extremely grateful, but on the other hand I assure you that the nation is more indebted to you, and such as you, than to me."
"The thanks of the nation will follow you, and may God's blessing rest upon you now and forever."
"I hope that upon your return to your homes you will find your friends and loved ones well and happy."
"I bid you farewell."
"Believing that no occasion could arise which would more fully correspond with the intention of the law or be more pregnant with happy influence as an example, I cordially recommend that Captain D. G. ..."
"For their services and gallantry on those occasions I cordially recommend that they should by name receive a vote of thanks of Congress."
"Now, therefore, be it known that I, Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States, pursuant to the authority in me vested by the fifth section of the act of Congress approved on the 13th of July las..."
"In accordance with the suggestion of the Secretary of the Treasury contained in the accompanying letter, I have the honor to transmit the inclosed petition and report thereon of the Third Auditor for ..."
"He was arrested and imprisoned under my general authority, and upon evidence which, whether he be guilty, or innocent, required, as appears to me, such proceedings to be had against him for the public..."