Abraham Lincoln (Happy Birthday!) OC
The quote comes from a speech Lincoln gave in 1848. There was apparently a debate about whether the federal government should provide funding to projects in individual states. Lincoln disagrees with President Polk's arguments against it. He argues that the federal government should be able to take on massive structural programs (such as an intercontinental railway) and let the States handle smaller ones (like a bridge over a small stream). The quote doesn't discredit that smaller programs shouldn't be done, but that they would "find the way."
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