A true man of honor feels humbled himself when he cannot help humbling others.
So far from engaging in a war to perpetuate slavery, I am rejoiced that slavery is abolished.
You cannot be a true man until you learn to obey.
My heart bleeds at the death of every one of our gallant men.
We made a great mistake in the beginning of our struggle, and I fear, in spite of all we can do, it will prove to be a fatal mistake. We appointed all our worst generals to command our armies, and all our best generals to edit the newspapers
There is no more dangerous experiment than that of undertaking to be one thing before a man's face and another behind his back.