Even fools are right sometimes.

Where my reason, imagination or interest were not engaged, I would not or I could not learn.

People who are not prepared to do unpopular things and defy the clamor of the multitude are not fit to be ministers in time of difficulty.

War is mainly a catalogue of blunders.

The flags of the Confederate States of America were very important and a matter of great pride to those citizens living in the Confederacy. They are also a matter of great pride for their descendants as part of their heritage and history.

The man who stands firm in order to protect a sand-castle can never be relied upon; for he has given away his common sense.

For my part, I consider that it will be found much better by all parties to leave the past to history, especially as I propose to write that history myself.