He who does something at the head of one Regiment, will eclipse him who does nothing at the head of a hundred.

The Bible is not my book nor Christianity my profession. I could never give assent to the long, complicated statements of Christian dogma.

It has been my experience that folks who have no vices have very few virtues.

The best way to get rid of your enemies is to make them your friends.

I think I stand where that man stands.

Can treaties be more faithfully enforced between aliens than laws can among friends? Suppose you go to war, you cannot fight always; and when, after much loss on both sides, and no gain on either, you cease fighting, the identical old questions as to terms of intercourse are again upon you.

...I do not mean to say that this general government is charged with the duty of redressing or preventing all the wrongs in the world; but I do think that it is charged with the duty of preventing and redressing all wrongs which are wrongs to itself.