704. Abraham Lincoln (1809-65). Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations. 1989

Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations. 1989.


NUMBER:	704
AUTHOR:	Abraham Lincoln (1809–65)
QUOTATION:	I know that the LORD is always on the side of the right. But it is my constant anxiety and prayer that I and this nation should be on the LORD’S side.
ATTRIBUTION:	President ABRAHAM LINCOLN.—Francis B. Carpenter, Six Months at the White House with Abraham Lincoln, p. 282 (1867). Reply to a clergyman who said to Lincoln that he hoped “the Lord was on our side.” See note at No. 731.
SUBJECTS:	God
WORKS:	Abraham Lincoln Collection