Abraham Lincoln: “The American people will hear with sadness and deep emotion that General Scott has withdrawn from the active control of…”

He said, with a great deal of emphasis, and with an expression of countenance I shall never forget: "When a man is sincerely penitent for his misdeeds, and gives satisfactory evidence of the same, he can safely be pardoned, and there is no…

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

If the end brings me out wrong, ten angels swearing I was right would make no difference.

I am considering, and shall not fail to act when satisfied that action will be proper.