Can there be in our age any peace that is not honorable, any war that is not dishonorable?

Whether the Union stands or falls, I believe the profession of arms will henceforth be more desirable and more respected than it has been hitherto.

The thought of going abroad makes my heart leap.

I have never known a man who was sensual in his youth, who was high-minded when old.

Without security, civilization is cramped and dwarfed. Without security, there can be no freedom. Nor shall I say too much, when I declare that security, guarded of course by its offspring, freedom, is the true end and aim of government.

Give me the money that has been spent in war and I will clothe every man, woman, and child in an attire of which kings and queens will be proud. I will build a schoolhouse in every valley over the whole earth. I will crown every hillside with a place of worship consecrated to peace.

The true grandeur of humanity is in moral elevation, sustained, enlightened and decorated by the intellect of man