What constitutes the bulwark of our own liberty and independence? It is not our frowning battlements, our bristling sea coasts, our army and our navy... Our reliance is in the love of liberty which God has planted in us. Our defense is in the spirit which prizes liberty as the heritage of all men, in all lands everywhere. Destroy this spirit and you have planted the seeds of despotism at your own doors... You have lost the genius of your own independence and become the fit subjects of the first cunning tyrant who rises among you.

We can complain because rose bushes have thorns, or rejoice because thorn bushes have roses.

Be sure you put your feet in the right place, then stand firm.

Reputation is like fine china: Once broken it's very hard to repair.

War, at the best, is terrible, and this war of ours, in its magnitude and in its duration, is one of the most terrible.

The loss of enemies does not compensate for the loss of friends.

Force is all conquering, but it's victories are short lived.