John Hay on Lincoln: "He always worked with things as they were, while never relinquishing the desire to make them better.

John Taliaferro
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John Hay on Lincoln, president Abraham Lincoln's closest advisor, was the only person who fully understood the nature of Abraham Lincoln. He knew that Lincoln was not given to telling people what they wanted to hear. He knew that Lincoln was not a politician who could lie to get what he wanted. But he also knew that Lincoln did not give up even when things seemed hopeless.

He knew Lincoln had an unquenchable desire to do what was right, no matter how long it took. He knew that Abraham Lincoln's strength was his persistence and his belief in moral values which would always prevail.

Source: All The Great Prizes : The Life Of John Hay, From Lincoln To Roosevelt

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