Abraham Lincoln actually said...

The struggle of to-day is not altogether for to-day; it is for a vast future also.

I venture to hope it will appear that we have practiced prudence and liberality toward foreign powers, averting causes of irritation and wit...

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

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