• I am a patient man - always willing to forgive on the Christian terms of repentance; and also to give ample time for repentance. Still I must save this government if possible.

  Source: Letter to Reverdy Johnson (26 July 1862).

  Abraham Lincoln
  American statesman 1809-1865
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Subjects in these quotes:

1. repentance
2. government
3. possible
4. terms
5. ample
6. still

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I am a patient man - always willing to forgive on the Christian terms of repentance; and also to give ample time for repentance. Still I must save this government if possible. by : Abraham Lincoln

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