[Much] as war attracts me and fascinates my mind with its tremendous situations, I feel more deeply every year . . . what vile and wicked folly and barbarism it all is.
It is more agreeable to have the power to give than to receive.
War, which used to be cruel and magnificent has now become cruel and squalid.
Lobbyists are the touts of protected industries.
If the past sits in judgment on the present, the future will be lost.
We have a very daring and skillful opponent against us, and, may I say across the havoc of war, a great general.