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

Hold fast to the Bible as the sheet-anchor of your liberties; write its precepts in your hearts, and practice them in your lives.

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

In 1850, I believe, the church property in the United States, which paid no tax, amounted to $87 million. In 1900, without a check, it is safe to say, this property will reach a sum exceeding $3 billion. I would suggest the taxation of all property equally.

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.

The art of war is simple enough. Find out where your enemy is. Get at him as soon as you can. Strike him as hard as you can, and keep moving on.

No theory of my own will ever stand in the way of my executing, in good faith, any order I may receive from those in authority over me.