Abraham Lincoln actually said...

It is gratifying to know that the expenditures made necessary by the rebellion are not beyond the resources of the loyal people.

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 exis...

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