Friends, I agree with you in Providence; but I believe in the Providence of the most men, the largest purse, and the longest cannon.

Don't pray that God's on our side, pray that we're on his side.

No country can sustain, in idleness, more than a small percentage of its numbers. The great majority must labor at something productive.

I would like to speak in terms of praise due to the many brave officers and soldiers who have fought in the cause of the war.

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

Labor is superior to capital and precedes capital. Without labor, there is no capital.

Woe unto the world because of offenses; for it must needs be that offenses come, but woe to that man by whom the offense cometh.