I am not bound to win, but I am bound to be true. I am not bound to succeed, but I am bound to live up to what light I have.

God is the silent partner in ALL great enterprises.

. . . peace is a thing which a person must be willing to fight for . . .

Can treaties be more faithfully enforced between aliens than laws can among friends? Suppose you go to war, you cannot fight always; and when, after much loss on both sides, and no gain on either, you cease fighting, the identical old questions as to terms of intercourse are again upon you.

The Democracy of to-day hold the liberty of one man to be absolutely nothing, when in conflict with another mans right of property. Republicans, on the contrary, are for both the man and the dollar; but in cases of conflict, the man before the dollar.

Few can be induced to labor exclusively for posterity - Posterity has done nothing for us

The solemn pride that must be yours to have laid so costly a sacrifice upon the altar of freedom.