Abraham Lincoln actually said...

It behooves us, then, to humble ourselves before the offended Power, to confess our national sins, and to pray for clemency and forgiveness.

Proclamation 97—Appointing a Day of National Humiliation, Fasting, and Prayer

03/29/1863

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