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

There are many men who would have done better than I did under the circumstances in which I found myself. If I had never held command, if I had fallen, there were 10,000 behind who would have followed the contest to the end and never surrendered the Union.

England and the United States are natural allies, and should be the best of friends.

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

Cheap cigars come in handy; they stifle the odor of cheap politicians.

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

Whatever there is of greatness in the United States, or indeed in any other country, is due to labor. The laborer is the author of all greatness and wealth. Without labor there would be no government, no leading class, and nothing to preserve.