I want peace, and believe it can only be reached through union and war, and I will ever conduct war with a view to perfect an early success.

You people speak so lightly of war; you don't know what you're talking about. War is a terrible thing!

We can make war so terrible and make them so sick of war that generations pass away before they again appeal to it.

I think I understand what military fame is; to be killed on the field of battle and have your name misspelled in the newspapers.

War's Legitimate Object Is More Perfect Peace.

After all, I think Forrest was the most remarkable man our Civil War produced on either side.

War is too serious a matter to leave to soldiers.