[Morgan in Denver]

http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=V000008

Not the quote but relevant.

More at Snopes

http://msgboard.snopes.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=32;t=000405;p=1

[msnimje]

Well, it sure is attributed to Lincoln often. You should write Doris Kearns Goodwin (Hold your nose and just do it) she would know.

I did find these quotes:

"If we desire to avoid insult, we must be able to repel it; if we desire to secure peace, one of the most powerful instruments of our rising prosperity, it must be known that we are at all times ready for war." -- George Washington

"Freedom has been attacked, and freedom will be defended." -- George W. Bush

"I’m an internationalist. I’d like to see our troops dispersed through the world only at the directive of the United Nations." -- John Kerry