Political Quotes

He thought this measure was a very fitting if not an indispensable adjunct to the winding up of the great difficulty.

I, Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States of America, in accordance with the recommendation of the Secretary of the Treasury, do hereby declare and proclaim that the port of St. Albans, in the State of Vermont, is and shall be…

He could not but congratulate all present, himself, the country and the whole world upon this great moral victory.

With deep gratitude to my countrymen for this mark of their confidence; with a distrust of my own ability to perform the duty required under the most favorable circumstances, and now rendered doubly difficult by existing national perils…