No one has needed favours more than I, and generally, few have been less unwilling to accept them; but in this case, favour to me,would be injustice to the public, and therefore I must beg your pardon for declining it.


The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln (ed. Wildside Press LLC, 2008) - ISBN: 9781434477026

Abraham Lincoln Quotes

No one has needed favours more than I, and generally, few have been less unwilling to accept them; but in this case, favour to me,would be injustice...

No one has needed favours more than I, and generally, few have been less unwilling to accept them; but in this case, favour to me,would be injustice...

No one has needed favours more than I, and generally, few have been less unwilling to accept them; but in this case, favour to me,would be injustice...

No one has needed favours more than I, and generally, few have been less unwilling to accept them; but in this case, favour to me,would be injustice...