Let no guilty man escape if it can be avoided. No personal consideration should stand in the way of performing a public duty.

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.

Keep your face always toward the sunshine - and shadows will fall behind you.

Jesus has to become real to us. We need to court him and get to know him better. Go on some dates with the Lord.

When a woman teams up with a snake a moral storm threatens somewhere.

A women who doesn't wear perfume has no future.

The real history, the one that counts and is not to be found in books, is precisely this one, the one made by simple men; and it is the only one that rules the world.

Having money might not buy happiness, but how you spend it could actually make a difference.

The Democrats need to govern for all Americans as well as deliver for their core constituencies. It will be difficult for them to do both.

When you understand the fear then you can begin to move past it. So when I hear the people say it's innate, you can't learn it, I just want to hit them in the head.

Generally, we admire the thing we are not.

Q: Why do I love thee, O Night? A: Because you know I will never answer.