 Duty is the most sublime word in our language. Do your duty in all things. You cannot do more. You should never wish to do less. |
| Let the tent be struck. |
| In all my perplexities and distresses, the Bible has never failed to give me light and strength. |
| It is well that war is so terrible. We should grow too fond of it. |
| Obedience to lawful authority is the foundation of manly character. |
| A true man of honor feels humbled himself when he cannot help humbling others. |
| Whiskey - I like it, I always did, and that is the reason I never use it. |
| The trite saying that honesty is the best policy has met with the just criticism that honesty is not policy. The real honest man is honest from conviction of what is right, not from policy. |
| The education of a man is never completed until he dies. |
| I have been up to see the Congress and they do not seem to be able to do anything except to eat peanuts and chew tobacco, while my army is starving. |
| We failed, but in the good providence of God apparent failure often proves a blessing. |
| Never do a wrong thing to make a friend or to keep one. |
| Duty, then is the sublimest word in our language. Do your duty in all things. You cannot do more; you should never wish to do less. |
| The war... was an unnecessary condition of affairs, and might have been avoided if forebearance and wisdom had been practiced on both sides. |
| I think it better to do right, even if we suffer in so doing, than to incur the reproach of our consciences and posterity. |
| Do your duty in all things. You cannot do more, you should never wish to do less. |
| We have fought this fight as long, and as well as we know how. We have been defeated. For us as a Christian people, there is now but one course to pursue. We must accept the situation. |
| What a cruel thing war is... to fill our hearts with hatred instead of love for our neighbors. |
| I cannot trust a man to control others who cannot control himself. |
| We must expect reverses, even defeats. They are sent to teach us wisdom and prudence, to call forth greater energies, and to prevent our falling into greater disasters. |
