Abraham Lincoln actually said...

"The struggle of to-day is not altogether for to-day; it is for a vast future also."

"I venture to hope it will appear that we have practiced prudence and liberality toward foreign powers, averting causes of irritation and with firmness maintaining our own rights and honor."

"I therefore recommend, as a military measure, that Congress provide for the construction of such road as speedily as possible."

"I repeat the recommendation of my predecessor in his annual message to Congress in December last in regard to the disposition of the surplus."