But what a cruel thing is war to separate and destroy families and friends.

I cannot trust a man to control others who cannot control himself.

The war... was an unnecessary condition of affairs, and might have been avoided if forebearance and wisdom had been practiced on both sides.

Postal officials say that before Christmas they receive tons of letters written to Santa Claus, but after Christmas how few letters of thanks are sent to him! From childhood onward, human beings seem to be characterized by thanklessness.

Everyone should do all in his power to collect and disseminate the truth, in the hope that it may find a place in history and descend to posterity. History is not the relation of campaigns and battles and generals or other individuals, but that which shows the principles for which the South contended and which justified her struggle for those principles.

We failed, but in the good providence of God apparent failure often proves a blessing.

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