I would like to speak in terms of praise due to the many brave officers and soldiers who have fought in the cause of the war.
Abraham LincolnThe President to-night has a dream: - He was in a party of plain people, and, as it became known who he was, they began to comment on his appearance. One of them said: - "He is a very common-looking man". The President replied: - "The Lord prefers common-looking people. That is the reason he makes so many of them".
Abraham Lincoln