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| Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations. 1989. |
| NUMBER: | 732 |
| AUTHOR: | Abraham Lincoln (1809–65) |
| QUOTATION: | I am struggling to maintain the government, not to overthrow it. I am struggling especially to prevent others from overthrowing it. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | President ABRAHAM LINCOLN, response to a serenade, October 19, 1864.—The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln, ed. Roy P. Basler, vol. 8, p. 52 (1953). |
| SUBJECTS: | Government |
| WORKS: | Abraham Lincoln Collection |
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