Abraham Lincoln1809–1865The quotations of
Abraham Lincoln
President of the United States from 1861 to 1865
1809–1865
69 quotes, most often on Slavery, America and War & Peace. Part of the U.S. Presidents collection.
- Upon proclaiming a National Fast Day (30 March 1863)
- Reported in Francis B. Carpenter, Six Months at the White House with Abraham Lincoln (1867), p. 282
- Letter to Thurlow Weed (15 March 1865), reproduced in Lord Charnwood (1916), Abraham Lincoln: A Biography
- Letter to Eliza Gurney (4 September 1864); quoted in Roy P. Basler, ed., The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln, vol. 7 (New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers University Press, 1953), p. 535
