My men have sometimes failed to take a position, but to defend one, never!

You may be whatever you resolve to be.

We must make this campaign an exceedingly active one. Only thus can a weaker country cope with a stronger; it must make up in activity what it lacks in strength.

Duty is ours; consequences are God's.

Madam, if your son were to come home and try to shirk duty, you ought to shut your door in his face and treat him as a renegade unworthy of your name or regard.

Under divine blessing, we must rely on the bayonet when firearms cannot be furnished

People who are anxious to bring on war don't know what they are bargaining for; they don't see all the horrors that must accompany such an event.