What I do say is, that no man is good enough to govern another man, without that other's consent. I say this is the leading principle - the sheet anchor of American republicanism.

If you have never failed you have never lived.

But let the past as nothing be. For the future my view is that the fight must go on.

The worst thing you can do for anyone you care about is anything that they can do on their own.

Military necessity does not admit of cruelty - that is, the infliction of suffering for the sake of suffering or for revenge, . . . nor of torture to extort confessions.

The way for a young man to rise is to improve himself in every way he can, never suspecting that anybody wishes to hinder him.

The best way to destroy an enemy is to make him a friend.