"Did Stanton say I was a damned fool? Then I dare say I must be one, for Stanton is generally right and he always says what he means."
— Edwin M. Stanton

January 1, 1970

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United States Attorneys GeneralPeople from OhioRepublican Party (United States) politiciansUnited States Secretaries of WarPeople of the American Civil War
Original Language: English

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Abraham Lincoln, as quoted in Lincoln; An Account of his Personal Life, Especially of its Springs of Action as Revealed and Deepened by the Ordeal of War (1922) by Nathaniel Wright Stephenson.