Abraham Lincoln actually said...

"I repeat the recommendation of my predecessor in his annual message to Congress in December last in regard to the disposition of the surplus."

"Labor is prior to, and independent of, capital. Capital is only the fruit of labor, and could never have existed if labor had not first existed. Labor is the superior of capital, and deserves much the..."

"I therefore recommend, as a military measure, that Congress provide for the construction of such road as speedily as possible."

"We should not be in haste to determine that radical and extreme measures, which may reach the loyal as well as the disloyal, are indispensable."