Abraham Lincoln Quotes
The man does not live who is more devoted to peace than I am, but it may be necessary to put the foot down firmly.
Abraham Lincoln, 1809-1865, 16th President of the United States (Republican, IL), Speech to the New Jersey Assembly, February 21, 1861
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Clay in his speech gave credit for the sentiment to Josiah Quincy
The quotation was made in the context of the Arab Israeli conflict, but the principle is general.
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.
