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.

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

The fact is I think I am a verb instead of a personal pronoun. A verb is anything that signifies to be; to do; or to suffer. I signify all three.

The will of the people is the best law.

There are but few important events in the affairs of men brought about by their own choice.

If we are to have another contest in the near future of our national existence, I predict that the dividing line will not be Mason and Dixon's but between patriotism and intelligence on the one side, and superstition, ambition and ignorance on the other.

Venice would be a fine city if it were only drained.