...but for a soldier his duty is plain. He is to obey the orders of all those placed over him and whip the enemy wherever he meets him.

A military life had no charms for me, and I had not the faintest idea of staying in the army even if I should be graduated, which I did not expect.

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

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

There never was a time when, in my opinion, some way could not be found to prevent the drawing of the sword.

The one thing I never want to see again is a military parade. When I resigned from the army and went to a farm I was happy. When the rebellion came, I returned to the service because it was a duty. I had no thought of rank; all I did was try and make.

I never wanted to get out of a place as much as I did to get out of the presidency.