Say what you mean to do...and take it for granted you mean to do right. Never do a wrong thing to make a friend or keep one...you will wrong him and wrong yourself by equivocation of any kind.

The dominant party cannot reign forever, and truth and justice will prevail at last.

The biggest mistake of my life was taking a military education.

I pray that on this day [Christmas] when only peace and good-will are preached to mankind, better thoughts may fill the hearts of our enemies and turn them to peace.

If we do not do this our churches will lighthouses without light, wells without water, dumb witnesses, sleeping watchmen, silent trumpets, messengers without tidings, a comfort for infidels, jubilant joys to the devil, and an offense to God.

As a general principle you should not force young men to do their duty, but let them do it voluntarily and thereby develop their characters.

We must forgive our enemies.