There is nothing true anywhere, The true is nowhere to be seen; If you say you see the true, This seeing is not the true one.

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

It is easiest to "be all things to all men," but it is not honest. Self-respect must be sacrificed every hour in the day.

A nation that does not honor its heroes will not long endure.

In the present civil war it is quite possible that God's purpose is something different from the purpose of either party.

If I had my way, this war would never have been commenced. If I had been allowed my way this war would have been ended before this.

Public opinion in this country is everything.