Quotes from Letter to James C. Conkling — Abraham Lincoln
1809–1865 United States
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I freely acknowledge myself the servant of the people, according to the bond of service — the United States constitution; and that, as such, I am responsible to them.
Letter to James C. Conkling (1863)
But the proclamation, as law, either is valid, or is not valid. If it is not valid, it needs no retraction. If it is valid, it can not be retracted, any more than the dead can be brought to life.
Letter to James C. Conkling (1863)
Still let us not be over-sanguine of a speedy final triumph. Let us be quite sober. Let us diligently apply the means, never doubting that a just God, in his own good time, will give us the rightful result.
Letter to James C. Conkling (1863)