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.

Fear must rule in a despotism.

Ethics may be defined as the obligations of morality.

Humility is the part of wisdom, and is most becoming in men. But let no one discourage self-reliance; it is, of all the rest, the greatest quality of true manliness.

I consider that it is on instruction and education that the future security and direction of the destiny of every nation chiefly and fundamentally rests.

I have to thank the people, Congress and Government of the United States, for my liberation from captivity.

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.