14
Feb
Lincoln on War Powers

“Allow the President to invade a neighboring nation whenever he shall
deem it necessary to repel an invasion, and you allow him to do so
whenever he may choose to say he deems it necessary for such
purpose, and you allow him to make war at pleasure.”
– Abraham Lincoln in a letter to his friend William H. Herndon
opposing the Mexican-American War, February 15, 1848









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