In 1850, I believe, the church property in the United States, which paid no tax, amounted to $87 million. In 1900, without a check, it is safe to say, this property will reach a sum exceeding $3 billion. I would suggest the taxation of all property equally.

I will raid the arsenal and start a war to end slavery.

I never knew what to do with a paper except to put it in a side pocket or pass it to a clerk who understood it better than I did.

I will not move my army without onions.

I would like to call your attention to ... an evil that, if allowed to continue, will probably lead to great trouble ... It is the accumulation of vast amounts of untaxed church property.

Lee's army will be your objective point. Wherever Lee goes, there you will go also.

I don't underrate the value of military knowledge, but if men make war in slavish obedience to rules, they will fail.