08/28/2002
https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu...
"Lincoln embodied the democratic ideal that leadership and even genius are found among the people themselves and sometimes in the most unlikely places."
"This celebration marks the historic exodus of the Israelites from Pharaoh's oppression more than 3,000 years ago."
"He was the relentless enemy of secession, without hatred or malice toward those who seceded."
"Abraham Lincoln is the President that he admires most."