The Union, which can alone insure internal peace, and external security to each State, Must and Shall be Preserved, cost what it may in time, treasure, and blood.

I will not move my army until I am absolutely ready.

I find myself in a new and strange position here: President, cabinet, Gen. Scott, and all deferring to me. By some strange operation of magic I seem to have become the power of the land.

As far as military necessity will permit, religiously respect the constitutional rights of all.

Here is a paper with which, if I cannot whip Bobbie Lee, I will be willing to go home!

The moment for action has arrived, and I know that I can trust in you to save our country.

By some strange operation of magic I seem to have become the power of the land.

It is not given to our weak intellects to understand the steps of Providence as they occur: we comprehend them only as we look back upon them in the far-distant past.

Stand by General Burnside as you have stood by me and all will be well.

All quiet along the Potomac.

When this sad war is over we will all return to our homes, and feel that we can ask no higher honor than the proud consciousness that we belonged to the Army of the Potomac.

But then again...perhaps the whole human race is cursed, and I'm simply in the lower echelon and therefore lose everything first.

It's better to face madness with a plan than to sit still and let it take you in pieces.

Why should a man fear since chance is all in all for him and he can clearly fore-know nothing? Best to live lightly as one can unthinking.

So often, science fiction helps to get young people interested in science. That's why I don't mind talking about science fiction. It has a real role to play: to seize the imagination.

Market forces do not make cities, they destroy them

I feel that things happen for a reason and open up new opportunities.

There are always sides. There is always a winner and a loser. For every person who gets, there's someone who must give.

No matter what you do, give it everything you have. Be the best, not the second best.

Imagination is seeing with the eye of God.

I try to get people to see what I have. . . . When you run a computer company, you have to get people to buy into your dreams.