The whole army is burning with an insatiable desire to wreak violence upon South Carolina. I almost tremble for her fate.

If I had my choice I would kill every reporter in the world, but I am sure we would be getting reports from Hell before breakfast.

War is cruelty. There is no use trying to reform it. The crueler it is, the sooner it will be over.

Courage - a perfect sensibility of the measure of danger, and a mental willingness to endure it.

We can make war so terrible and make them so sick of war that generations pass away before they again appeal to it.

You people of the South don't know what you are doing. This country will be drenched in blood, and God only knows how it will end.

I beg to present you as a Christmas gift the city of Savannah.

After all, I think Forrest was the most remarkable man our Civil War produced on either side.

If forced to choose between the penitentiary and the White House for four years, I would say the penitentiary, thank you.

I hate newspapermen. They come into camp and pick up their camp rumors and print them as facts. I regard them as spies, which, in truth, they are.

The voice of the people is the voice of humbug.

Love the person, not his position.

Time whips up cream for those who are ready for dessert.

Primary consciousness is a kind of ‘remembered present’…

I have a book of poetry I believe many should read but in each verse you'll discover it wasn't written for greed.

Individuality or Unity? I say there's room for both.

Music is part of God's universe.

Europe was a very contentious subject in literature and yet jazz musicians still depended on Europe. Now it's not such a big deal.

I want to write and direct a movie one day.

It is not necessity but abundance which produces greed.

I hate to judge everybody across the board.