Declare church and state forever separate and distinct; but each free within their proper spheres.

In every battle there comes a time when both sides consider themselves beaten, then he who continues the attack wins.

... anything is better than indecision. We must decide. If I am wrong, we shall soon find out and can do the other thing. But not to decide wastes both time and money and may ruin everything.

There are but two parties now: traitors and patriots. And I want hereafter to be ranked with the latter and, I trust, the stronger party.

The most confident critics are generally those who know the least about the matter criticized.

The art of war is simple enough. Find out where your enemy is. Get at him as soon as you can. Strike him as hard as you can, and keep moving on.

Hold fast to the Bible as the sheet-anchor of your liberties; write its precepts in your hearts, and practice them in your lives.

Cheap cigars come in handy; they stifle the odor of cheap politicians.

Although a soldier by profession, I have never felt any sort of fondness for war, and I have never advocated it, except as a means of peace.

Labor disgraces no man; unfortunately, you occasionally find men who disgrace labor.

The will of the people is the best law.

We needed no Shakespeare to feel -- though, perhaps, like the rest of the world, we needed him to express it.

We stand strong, or we cower. We emerge victorious, tempered by our trials, or fractured by a permanent, damming fault line.

Scents as well as clothes and hairstyles can go a long way in revealing a part of yourself

I have a good instinct for what's real and what's not. I don't have to second-guess myself.

Living the gospel and standing in holy places is not always easy, but I testify that it is worth it.

Never any knowledge was delivered in the same order it was invented.

The road to Auschwitz was built by hate, but paved with indifference.

Do you think your mother and I should have lived comfortably so long together, if ever we had been married? Baggage!

Dialogue means debates and everyone's point of view.

I like pressure. I thrive on it.