The purely defensive is doomed to defeat.

This accession of territory affirms forever the power of the United States, and I have given England a maritime rival who sooner or later will humble her pride.

How many seemingly impossible things have been accomplished by resolute men because they had to do, or die?

Orders and decorations are necessary in order to dazzle the people.

You cannot drag a man's conscience before any tribunal, and no one is answerable for his religious opinions to any power on earth.

Whatever misanthropists may say, ingrates and the perverse are exceptions in the human species.

I have noticed in every campaign that I have fought-that there is a key segment of time, somewhere between 13 and 15 minutes in which the battle is won or lost. I focus on that segment of time, and I win.