I'm afraid I'm elected.

The colored man has been accustomed all his life to lean on the white man, and if a good officer is placed over him, he will learn readily and make a good soldier.

Ah, you know my weaknesses--my children and my horses.

Leave the matter of religion to the family altar, the church, and the private school, supported entirely by private contributions. Keep the church and state forever separate.

I don't underrate the value of military knowledge, but if men make war in slavish obedience to rules, they will fail.

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

I would suggest the taxation of all property equally whether church or corporation.