I will not accept if nominated, and will not serve if elected.

The carping and bickering of political factions in the nation's capital reminds me of two pelicans quarreling over a dead fish.

In our Country... one class of men makes war and leaves another to fight it out.

I intend to make Georgia howl.

I would make this war as severe as possible, and show no symptoms of tiring till the South begs for mercy.

The way to success is strategically along the way of least expectation and tactically along the line of least resistance.

To those who would submit to the rightful law and authority, all gentleness and forbearance; but to the petulant and persistent secessionists, why, death is mercy, and the quicker he or she is disposed of the better. Satan and the rebellious saints of Heaven were allowed a continuous existence in hell merely to swell their just punishment. To such as would rebel against a Government so mild and just as ours was in peace, a punishment equal would not be unjust.