There is always hazard in military activity, but we must decide between the positive loss of inactivity and the risk of action.

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

The education of a man is never completed until he dies.

What a cruel thing war is... to fill our hearts with hatred instead of love for our neighbors.

I would rather die a thousand deaths than surrender.

I am of the opinion that all who can should vote for the most intelligent, honest, and conscientious men eligible to office, irrespective of former party opinions, who will endeavour to make the new constitutions and the laws passed under them as beneficial as possible to the true interests, prosperity, and liberty of all classes and conditions of the people.

Any victory would be dear at such a price.