Abraham Lincoln actually said...

This recommendation is specially made in order to comply with the requirements of the ninth section of the aforesaid act

Message to Congress Recommending a Vote of Thanks to Captain John Rogers

12/07/1863

More Abraham Lincoln Quotes

In the end, it's not the years in your life that count, it's the life in your years.

Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be.

My great concern is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with your failure.

Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves; and under a just God, cannot long retain it.