Abraham Lincoln actually said...

May our children and children's children, for a thousand generations, continue to enjoy the benefits conferred upon us by a united country, and have cause yet to rejoice under these glorious institutions, bequeathed to us by Washington and his compeers.

Context

Remarks to the Army of the Potomac at Frederick, Maryland

10/03/1862

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