Yet in all our rejoicing let us neither express, nor cherish, any harsh feeling towards any citizen who, by his vote, has differed with us.
ATTRIBUTION:
Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865), U.S. president. remarks at Springfield, Illinois, Nov. 20, 1860. Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln, vol. 4, p. 142, Rutgers University Press (1953, 1990).
