I never wanted to get out of a place as much as I did to get out of the presidency.

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.

A trout is a moment of beauty known only to those who seek it.

I like narrative storytelling as being part of a tradition, a folk tradition.

I do love to sing. Had I a longer set of thigh bones and a sweeter voice, I should have loved to be a performer.

When I got my job on Parks, it was so dreamy, kind of unfathomable. I didn't think a job that excellent could exist for me.

My worth to God publicly is measured by what I really am in my private life.

The beet must be uprooted.

During the Gulf War, journalists used to challenge government news managers and insisted they wouldn't just accept the official version of events.

Glass breaks so easily. No matter how careful you are.

I do think we're on the edge of a terrifying world, and that many young people know that but don't know how to talk about it.

I would rather make my name than inherit it.