Where is the security for property, for reputation, for life, if the sense of religious obligation deserts the oaths . . . ?

We must take care always to keep ourselves, by suitable establishments, in a respectable defensive posture.

Unwilling am I, in the evening of a life nearly consumed in public cares, to quit a peaceful abode for an Ocean of difficulties

The fate of unborn millions will now depend, under God, on the courage and conduct of this army. We have, therefore, to resolve to conquer or die.

Leadership is not only having a vision, but also having the courage, the discipline, and the resources to get you there.

Nothing can be more hurtful to the service, than the neglect of discipline; for that discipline, more than numbers, gives one army the superiority over another.

It is better to offer no excuse than a bad one.