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

Whither shall I flee? To no country on earth that I know of where there is as much liberty as yet remains to me even in Virginia.

Our country demands all our strength, all our energies. To resist the powerful combination now forming against us will require every man at his place. If victorious, we will have everything to hope for in the future. If defeated, nothing will be left for us to live for.

The biggest mistake of my life was taking a military education.

There is nothing left for me to do but to go and see General Grant and I would rather die a thousand deaths.

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

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