My men have suffered greatly (from boredom), much blood has been shed (by mosquitoes), and I have swung my ax mightily (chopping firewood). Surely we have earned our place in the annals of history—for never has there been so little war in a war.

I've always enjoyed reading history, particularly presidential biographies.

We pore through libraries, dissecting the classics" Henry Sturges- vampire

I wouldn't back away from what's right just because it's hard.

However, it has long been said that "my enemy's enemy is my friend.

America is thataway, Mr. Lincoln," laughed Davis, pointing north. "You're in Mississippi now.

Without death,' he answered, 'life is meaningless. It is a story that can never be told. A song that can never be sung. For how would one finish it?