I propose to fight it out on this line if it takes all summer.

In politics I am growing indifferent - I would like it, if I could now return to my planting and books at home

Although a soldier by profession, I have never felt any sort of fondness for war, and I have never advocated it, except as a means of peace.

We're teachers, and we have a commitment." "Commitment to what-to live and die in this hellhole, when we can leave and live like other people?

Leave the matter of religion to the family altar, the church, and the private school, supported entirely by private contributions. Keep the church and state forever separate.

I have made it a rule of my life to trust a man long after other people gave him up, but I don't see how I can ever trust any human being again.

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