Abraham Lincoln said "He whose will, not ours, should ever be done be everywhere remembered and ever reverenced with profoundest gratitude." @ PoliticalQuotes.com

On the recordJuly 3, 1863

He whose will, not ours, should ever be done be everywhere remembered and ever reverenced with profoundest gratitude.

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Republican · Illinois

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Executive Order

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