Political Quotes

On the recordJune 30, 1862
I most cordially recommend that Captain Andrew H. Foote, of the United States Navy, receive a vote of thanks of Congress for his eminent services
Said by
Abraham Lincoln
Republican · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

Message to Congress

Share

More from Abraham Lincoln

Mar 16, 1865

Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried on him personally.

nps.gov
Apr 11, 1865

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…

gutenberg.org
Apr 11, 1865

The question is, will it be wiser to take it as it is and help to improve it, or to reject and disperse it?

gutenberg.org
Mar 10, 1865

I do hereby notify them that all deserters who shall, within sixty days from the date of this proclamation, viz, on or before the 10th day of May, 1865, return to service or report themselves to a provost-marshal shall be pardoned, on…

presidency.ucsb.edu

Other voices in this conversation