Famous Quotes | Both parties deprecated war; but...

Both parties deprecated war; but one of them would make war rather than let the nation survive; and the other would accept war rather than let it perish. And the war came. - Abraham Lincoln
Attribution: Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865), U.S. president. second inaugural address, Mar. 4, 1865. Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln, vol. 8, p. 332, Rutgers University Press (1953, 1990).

Categories: Civil War, American, President, War’s Cause

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