I happen temporarily to occupy this big White House. I am living witness that any one of your children may look to come here as my father's child has.

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

Surely God would not have created such a being as man, with an ability to grasp the infinite, to exist only for a day! No, no, man was made for immortality.

Thoughtful men must feel that the fate of civilization upon this continent is involved in the issue of our contest. Among the most satisfying proofs of this conviction is the hearty devotion everywhere exhibited by our schools and colleges to the national cause.

If this is coffee, please bring me some tea; but if this is tea, please bring me some coffee.

Be excellent and party on dudes.

Think of strangers as friends you not met yet.