I would suggest the taxation of all property equally whether church or corporation.

In 1856...I preferred the success of a candidate whose election would prevent or postpone secession, to seeing the country plunged into a war the end of which no man could foretell. With a Democrat elected by the unanimous vote of the Slave States, there could be no pretext for secession for four years.... I therefore voted for James Buchanan as President.

Two commanders on the same field are always one too many.

Let no guilty man escape, if it can he avoided. . . . No personal consideration should stand in the way of performing a public duty.

When news of the surrender first reached our lines our men commenced firing a salute of a hundred guns in honor of the victory. I at once sent word, however, to have it stopped. The Confederates were now our prisoners, and we did not want to exult over their downfall.

There is nothing more I should do to it now, and therefore I am not likely to be more ready to go than at this moment.

The art of war is simple enough. Find out where your enemy is. Get at him as soon as you can. Strike him as hard as you can, and keep moving on.