All this has been my fault.

The framers of our Constitution never exhausted so much labor, wisdom, and forbearance in its formation, and surrounded it with so many guards and securities, if it was intended to be broken by every member of the Confederacy at will.

I can anticipate no greater calamity for the country than the dissolution of the Union. It would be an accumulation of all the evils we complain of, and I am willing to sacrifice everything but honor for its preservation.

We must enlist our own snake and strike like a cobra against their vitals with an attack on Washington.

Obedience to lawful authority is the foundation of manly character.

Marry...into a family that will enable your children to feel proud of both sides of the house.

Remember, we are all one country now. Dismiss from your mind all sectional feeling, and bring them up to be Americans.