I know that the Lord is always on the side of the right. But it is my constant anxiety and prayer that I and this nation should be on the Lord's side.

I say 'try'; if we never try, we shall never succeed.

Military glory-that attractive rainbow, that rises in showers of blood-that serpent's eye, that charms to destroy.

All my life I have tried to pluck a thistle and plant a flower wherever the flower would grow in thought and mind.

Elections belong to the people. It's their decision. If they decide to turn their back on the fire and burn their behinds, then they will just have to sit on their blisters.

I am not bound to win, but I am bound to be true.

I claim not to have controlled events, but confess plainly that events have controlled me.