I will raid the arsenal and start a war to end slavery.

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

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.

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

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

The Southern rebellion was largely the outgrowth of the Mexican war. Nations, like individuals, are punished for their transgressions. We got our punishment in the most sanguinary and expensive war of modern times.

I never knew what to do with a paper except to put it in a side pocket or pass it to a clerk who understood it better than I did.