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.

God bless the Methodist Church - bless all the churches - and blessed be God, Who, in this our great trial, giveth us the churches.

I do not think much of a man who is not wiser today than he was yesterday.

Lets have faith that right makes might; and in that faith let us, to the end, dare to do our duty as we understand it.

Allow the president to invade a neighboring nation, whenever he shall deem it necessary to repel an invasion, and you allow him to do so whenever he may choose to say he deems it necessary for such a purpose - and you allow him to make war at pleasure.

A new book is like a friend that I have yet to meet

The US patent system adds the fuel of interest to the fire of genius in the discovery and production of new and useful things