God alone knows how great it is. All I hope is that it is not too late. I am very much afraid that it is. We can only do our best.

We have a very daring and skillful opponent against us, and, may I say across the havoc of war, a great general.

My education was interrupted only by my schooling.

There comes into the life of every man a task for which he and he alone is uniquely suited. What a shame if that moment finds him either unwilling or unprepared for that which would become his finest hour.

And wherever men are fighting against barbarism, tyranny, and massacre, for freedom, law, and honour, let them remember that the fame of their deeds, even though they themselves be exterminated, may perhaps be celebrated as long as the world rolls round.

Leave to the masters of art trained by a lifetime of devotion the wonderful process of picture-building and picture creation. Go out into the sunlight and be happy with what you see.

Manifest destiny was on the march, and it was unfortunate that Mexico stood in the path.