Abraham Lincoln: “The General in Chief is authorized, in his discretion, to issue an order substantially as the above forthwith, or so…”

The question is, will it be wiser to take it as it is and help to improve it, or to reject and disperse it?

If I were to try to read, much less answer, all the attacks made on me, this shop might as well be closed for any other business.

I do the very best I know how--the very best I can; and I mean to keep doing so until the end.

Important principles may and must be inflexible.