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."

"If any good reason exists why we should persevere longer in withholding our recognition of the independence and sovereignty of Hayti and Liberia, I am unable to discern it."

"Labor is prior to and independent of capital."

"We should not be in haste to determine that radical and extreme measures, which may reach the loyal as well as the disloyal, are indispensable."