Abraham Lincoln actually said...

You and any officer acting under your authority are hereby authorized to suspend the writ of habeas corpus in any place between that place and the city of Washington.

Context

Executive Order—Suspension of the Writ of Habeas Corpus

10/13/1861

https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu...

More Abraham Lincoln Quotes

Congress having authorized the purchase for the United States of the product of States declared in insurrection, and the Secretary of the Tr...
9/23/1864
The term of one hundred days for which the National Guard of Ohio volunteered having expired, the President directs an official acknowledgme...
9/9/1864
The Secretary of War is directed to transmit a copy of this order to the governor of Ohio and to cause a certificate of their honorable serv...
9/9/1864
In whose hands are the destinies of nations.
9/2/1864

View All Abraham Lincoln Quotes