Abraham Lincoln Quotes
For it has been said, all that a man hath will he give for his life; and while all contribute of their substance the soldier puts his life at stake, and often yields it up in his country's cause. The highest merit, then is due to the soldier.
Lincoln, Abraham. "Speech to the 164th Ohio Regiment." 18 Aug. 1864. The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln, edited by Roy P. Basler, vol. 7, Rutgers University Press, 1953, p. 504.
At the time veterans would have to wait for up to a year till they could get their records and their benefits from the Veterans Administration which had insufficient budget while the Defense Department had as much money as the Military-Industrial complex could lobby for.
No one knew whether he was doing this as a joke, as a protest about the role of money in politics, or if he was seriously thinking of running for office or any combination of the three.
Abraham Lincoln was an American politician and lawyer who served as the 16th President of the United States from March 1861 until his assassination in April 1865. Lincoln led the United States through its Civil War—its bloodiest war and its greatest moral, constitutional, and political crisis. In doing so, he preserved the Union, abolished slavery, strengthened the federal government, and modernized the economy.
