You have to do your own growing no matter how tall your grandfather was.

I dared not trust the case on the presumption that the court knows everything. In fact, I argued it on the presumption that the court didn't know anything.

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

I am very little inclined on any occasion to say anything unless I hope to produce some good by it.

I am very glad indeed to see you to-night, and yet I will not say I thank you for this call, but I do most sincerely thank Almighty God for the occasion on which you have called.

An allusion has been made to the Homestead Law. I think it worthy of consideration, and that the wild lands of the country should be distributed so that every man should have the means and opportunity of benefitting his condition.

If I gave McClellan all the men he asked for, they could not find room to lie down; they'd have to sleep standing up.