That doctrine of peace at any price has done more mischief than any I can well recall that have been afloat in this country. It has occasioned more wars than any of the most ruthless conquerors. It has disturbed and nearly destroyed that political equilibrium so necessary to the liberties and the welfare of the world.

We moralize among ruins.

What we call public opinion is generally public sentiment.

There is a thread in our thoughts as there is a pulse in our feelings; he who can hold the one knows how to think, and he who can move the other knows how to feel.

Information upon points of practical politics.

I will not go down to posterity talking bad grammar.

There is magic in the memory of schoolboy friendships; it softens the heart, and even affects the nervous system of those who have no heart.