I placed the Marines where the hardest work was to be accomplished, and I never once found my confidence in them misplaced.

I placed the Marines where the hardest work was to be accomplished, and I never once found my confidence in them misplaced.

You are very fortunate to be assigned to duty at Fortress Monroe on Chesapeake Bay; it is just the season for soft shelled crabs, and hog fish have just come in, and they are the most delicious panfish you ever ate.

Brave rifles! Veterans! You have been baptized in fire and blood and have come out steel!

Every man as well as every day has its lights and shades.

Say to the seceded States, "Wayward sisters, depart in peace."

My politics are of a practical kind - the integrity of the country, the supremacy of the Federal government, an honorable peace, or none at all.