I am for the people of the whole nation doing just as they please in all matters which concern the whole nation; for that of each part doing just as they choose in all matters which concern no other part; and for each individual doing just as he chooses in all matters which concern nobody else.

You can not fail in any laudable object, unless you allow your mind to be improperly directed.

When I got him out he was near froze solid and shivering. He was shaking so hard that I wasted half a glass of whiskey trying to aim it for his mouth. Must have got enough of it into him, though, since it did seem to bring him back to life.

It is not 'Is God on my side', but 'Am I on God's side'.

Bring me Longstreet's head on a platter and the war will be over

What is conservatism? Is it not the adherence to the old and tried against the new and untried?

I am not bound to win, but I am bound to be true. I am not bound to succeed, but I am bound to live up to what light I have.