Abraham Lincoln Quote: "At the beginning of the war, and for some time, ..."

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At the beginning of the war, and for some time, the use of colored troops was not contemplated; and how the change of purpose was wrought, I will not now take time to explain. Upon a clear conviction of duty I resolved to turn that element of strength to account; and I am responsible for it to the American people, to the christian world, to history, and on my final account to God.
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At the beginning of the war, and for some time, the use of colored troops was not contemplated; and how the change of purpose was wrought, I will not now take time to explain. Upon a clear conviction of duty I resolved to turn that element of strength to account; and I am responsible for it to the American people, to the christian world, to history, and on my final account to God.
⇛ Abraham Lincoln (16Th U.s. President)

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I don't like that man. I must get to know him better.

Abraham Lincoln 16th U.S. President

We should be too big to take offense and too noble to give it.

Abraham Lincoln 16th U.S. President

The best thing about the future is that it comes one day at a time.

Abraham Lincoln 16th U.S. President

Things may come to those who wait, but only the things left by those who hustle.

Abraham Lincoln 16th U.S. President

When your troops go to war, the prime minister or the president change overnight from an administrator, dealing with taxation and welfare and health and deteriorating roads, into the commander-in-chief. And it's just become almost unpatriotic to describe Bush's fallacious and ill-advised and mistaken and sometimes misleading actions.

Jimmy Carter 39th U.S. President

Walk through Santa Monica and try to find somebody who knows a young man or woman who's in this war. Here, war is an intellectual concept. If you lose your son or daughter, it's no longer an intellectual matter.