It is glorious to see such courage in one so young.

Duty is the sublimest work in the English language.

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

You see what a poor sinner I am, and how unworthy to possess what was given me; for that reason it has been taken away.

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.

The time is not come for impartial history. If the truth were told just now, it would not be credited.

You cannot be a true man until you learn to obey.