Wars are not all evil, they are part of the grand machinery by which this world is governed.

We have good corporals and good sergeants and some good lieutenants and captains, and those are far more important than good generals.

If you don't have my army supplied, and keep it supplied, we'll eat your mules up, sir.

Wars are not all evil, they are part of the grand machinery by which this world is governed.

War's Legitimate Object Is More Perfect Peace.

I beg to present you as a Christmas gift the city of Savannah.

The North can make a steam engine, locomotive or railway car; hardly a yard of cloth or a pair of shoes can you make. You are rushing into war with one of the most powerful, ingeniously mechanical and determined people on earth - right at your doors. You are bound to fail. Only in spirit and determination are you prepared for war. In all else you are totally unprepared, with a bad cause to start with.