Wars produce many stories of fiction, some of which are told until they are believed to be true.

Quit thinking about what Bobby Lee's gonna do to us and start thinking about what we're going to do to him.

...I never heard him abuse an enemy. Some of the cruel things said about President Lincoln, particularly in the North, used to pierce him to the heart; but never in my presence did he evince a revengeful disposition.

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

The friend in my adversity I shall always cherish most. I can better trust those who helped to relieve the gloom of my dark hours than those who are so ready to enjoy with me the sunshine of my prosperity.

A hero does for others. He would do anything for people he loves, because he knows it would make their lives better. I am not that kind of person, but I want you to be. You could give something to her, to me, to those children in the quarter. You could give something I never could ... The white people out there are saying you don't have it-that you're a hog, not a man. But I know they are wrong.

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