Fear must rule in a despotism.
I can understand Communism, but not Socialism.
It is chiefly in New York that I feel induced to urge this, because New York is, by innumerable ties, connected with Europe - more connected than several parts of Europe itself.
It is well to be independent also well not to be neutral.
Nationality is the aggregated individuality of the greatest men of the nation.
If I had undertaken the practical direction of military operations, and anything went amiss, I feared that my conscience would torture me, as guilty of the fall of my country, as I had not been familiar with military tactics.