I was too weak to defend, so I attacked

I think it better to do right, even if we suffer in so doing, than to incur the reproach of our consciences and posterity.

I have always observed that wherever you find the negro, everything is going down around him, and wherever you find the white man, you see everything around him improving.

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

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

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