I have been up to see the Congress and they do not seem to be able to do anything except to eat peanuts and chew tobacco, while my army is starving.

There are few, I believe, in this enlightened age, who will not acknowledge that slavery as an institution is a moral and political evil.

There is no more dangerous experiment than that of undertaking to be one thing before a man's face and another behind his back.

I can only say that I am nothing but a poor sinner, trusting in Christ alone for salvation.

I have thought from the time of the cessation of the hostilities, that silence and patience on the part of the South was the true course; and I think so still. Controversy of all kinds will, in my opinion, only serve to continue excitement and passion, and will prevent the public mind from the acknowledgement and acceptance of the truth.

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

Without music, we wouldn't have an Army.