It must now atone in blood for its complicity in wickedness.

It is safe to assert that no government proper ever had a provision in its organic law for its own termination.

We should be too big to take offense and too noble to give it.

If there is anything that a man can do well, I say let him do it. Give him a chance.

I shall not do more than I can, and I shall do all I can to save the government, which is my sworn duty as well as my personal inclination. I shall do nothing in malice. What I deal with is too vast for malicious dealing.

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.

No man has a good enough memory to be a successful liar.