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| Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations. 1989. |
| NUMBER: | 689 |
| AUTHOR: | Abraham Lincoln (1809–65) |
| QUOTATION: | When someone asked Abraham Lincoln, after he was elected president, what he was going to do about his enemies, he replied, “I am going to destroy them. I am going to make them my friends.” |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Attributed to ABRAHAM LINCOLN. Unverified. |
| SUBJECTS: | Friendship |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia |
| WORKS: | Abraham Lincoln Collection |
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