The President tonight has a dream:—He was in a party of plain people, and, as it became known who he was, they began to comment on his appearance. One of them said:—'He is a very common-looking man.' The President replied:—'The Lord prefers common-looking people. That is the reason he makes so many of them.'


John Hay Letters of John Hay and Extracts from Diary (1908) vol 1, 23 December 1863

Abraham Lincoln Quotes

The President tonight has a dream:—He was in a party of plain people, and, as it became known who he was, they began to comment on his appearance....

The President tonight has a dream:—He was in a party of plain people, and, as it became known who he was, they began to comment on his appearance....

The President tonight has a dream:—He was in a party of plain people, and, as it became known who he was, they began to comment on his appearance....

The President tonight has a dream:—He was in a party of plain people, and, as it became known who he was, they began to comment on his appearance....