IF you are going to fight, don't let them talk you into negotiating. But, if you are going to negotiate, don't let them talk you into fighting.

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

If elected I shall be thankful; if not, it will be all the same.

Bad promises are better broken than kept.

Such a man the times have demanded, and such, in the providence of God was given us. But he is gone. Let us strive to deserve, as far as mortals may, the continued care of Divine Providence, trusting that, in future national emergencies, He will not fail to provide us the instruments of safety and security.

It's time for me to go. But I would rather stay.

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