The United States abd usually be reiled on to do the right thing, but only after they have tried all the other alternatives.

A nation that forgets its past has no future.

It is conceivable that I might well be reborn as a Chinese coolie. In such case I should lodge a protest.

Far be it from me to paint a rosy picture of the future...But I should be failing in my duty if, on the other side, I were not to convey the true impression, that this great nation is getting into its war stride.

I was born under the Blue Ridge, and under that side which is blue in the evening light, in a wild land of game and forest and rushing waters.

Mountaintops inspire leaders but valleys mature them.

Arm yourselves, and be ye men of valor, and be in readiness for the conflict; for it is better for us to perish in battle than to look upon the outrage of our nation and our altar.