The contest is not over, the strife is not ended. It has only entered on a new and enlarged arena.

Nothing fills me with deeper sadness than to see a Southerner apologizing for the defense we made of our inheritance.

Lay aside all rancor, all bitter sectional feeling, and to make your places in the ranks of those who will bring about a consummation devoutly to be wished—a reunited country.

The troops of other states have their reputation to gain, the sons of the Alamo have theirs to maintain.

Upon my weary heart was showered smiles, plaudits and flowers, but beyond them I saw troubles and thorns innumerable.

Tradition usually rests upon something which men did know; history is often the manufacture of the mere liar.

My own convictions as to negro slavery are strong. It has its evils and abuses...We recognize the negro as God and God's Book and God's Laws, in nature, tell us to recognize him - our inferior, fitted expressly for servitude...You cannot transform the negro into anything one-tenth as useful or as good as what slavery enables them to be.