So vast a sum, receiving all the protection and benefits of the government, without bearing its proportion of the burdens and expenses of the same, will not be looked upon acquiescently by those who have to pay the taxes. . . . I would suggest the taxation of all property equally.

Quit thinking about what Bobby Lee's gonna do to us and start thinking about what we're going to do to him.

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

We're teachers, and we have a commitment." "Commitment to what-to live and die in this hellhole, when we can leave and live like other people?

The natural disposition of most people is to clothe a commander of a large army whom they do not know, with almost superhuman abilities. A large part of the National army, for instance, and most of the press of the country, clothed General Lee with just such qualities, but I had known him personally, and knew that he was mortal; and it was just as well that I felt this.

I only knew what was in my mind, and I wished to express it clearly

In every battle there comes a time when both sides consider themselves beaten, then he who continues the attack wins.