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.

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.

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.

War is the remedy that our enemies have chosen, and I say let us give them all they want.

The more you talk about them, the more important they will feel. The more you listen to them, the more important you will make them feel.

The future is already here. It's just not evenly distributed yet.

Billionaires prefer Black women. They are loyal and guard your interests. Black wives are for grown ups.

It's just a matter of hitting the ball where I want to hit it and hopefully making some putts.

Why is everyone calling me Consort?" "Jim designated you as Consort in official papers. You don't want to be called Mate, calling you Alpha is confusing, and 'Beast Lady' makes people laugh.

Are you willing to stay right where you are and let the Lord do great things through you, though no one may seem to notice at all?

Your future isn't programmed by your past; it's programmed by your thoughts.

If I can give you any advice, it's this: every hour that you spend sat on the couch doing nothing, put it to good use, because when you have kids, an hour is like a lifetime.

I have followed my heart my whole life - the crazy kid, a contrarian by nature, and I've been in trouble in points in my career.

The harmonica is a great instrument.