A Lincoln quote

[John Fazio]

Howdy:

I have the identical quote, but I have the source as Arthur H. Shaw, The Lincoln Encyclopedia, 1950, p. 17. It seems likely that Shaw took it from Brooks. Here's another quote by Lincoln that is especially pointed, because it fits my belief that Booth showed Forbes a forged authorization to be permitted to join the presidential party in the box at Ford's:

"...if there were such a plot (political assassination), and they wanted to get at me, no vigilance could keep them out. We are so mixed up in our affairs, that--no matter what the system established--a conspiracy to assassinate, if such there were, could easily obtain a pass to see me for any one or more of its instruments."
(My emphasis)

This is from F. B. Carpenter, Six Months at the White House With Abraham Lincoln, 1866,pp. 66, 67

John