The colored man has been accustomed all his life to lean on the white man, and if a good officer is placed over him, he will learn readily and make a good soldier.

I have never advocated war except as a means of peace.

War is progressive because all instruments of war are progressive.

If you see the President, tell him from me that whatever happens there will be no turning back.

I know only two tunes: one of them is "Yankee Doodle" and the other isn't.

I desire the good-will of all, whether hitherto my friends or not.

The distant rear of an army engaged in battle is not the best place from which to judge correctly what is going on in front.