We have fought this fight as long, and as well as we know how. We have been defeated. For us as a Christian people, there is now but one course to pursue. We must accept the situation.
This war is not about slavery.
I have been up to see the Congress and they do not seem to be able to do anything except to eat peanuts and chew tobacco, while my army is starving.
The trite saying that honesty is the best policy has met with the just criticism that honesty is not policy. The real honest man is honest from conviction of what is right, not from policy.
Whiskey - I like it, I always did, and that is the reason I never use it.
The education of a man is never completed until he dies.
The devil's name is dullness.
Obedience to lawful authority is the foundation of manly character.
Never do a wrong thing to make a friend or to keep one.
We failed, but in the good providence of God apparent failure often proves a blessing.