President Abraham Lincoln

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    “What has ever threatened our liberty and prosperity save and except this institution of Slavery?”
    —Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865)

    “When the President does it, that means that it is not illegal.”
    —Richard M. Nixon (1913–1992)

    “I have sought his aid—but if after endeavoring to do my best in the light which he affords me, I find my efforts fail, I must believe that for some purpose unknown to me, He wills it otherwise.”
    —Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865)