Military Necessity Does Not Admit Of Cruelty

Nearly All Men Can Stand Adversity, But If You Want To Test A Man's Character, Give Him Power.

Must A Government Be Too Strong For The Liberties Of Its People Or Too Weak To Maintain Its Own Existence?

Let Not Him Who Is Houseless Pull Down The House Of Another, But Let Him Work Diligently And Build One For Himself, Thus By Example Assuring That His Own Shall Be Safe From Violence When Built.

Marriage Is Neither Heaven Nor Hell, It Is Simply Purgatory.

Much Is Being Said About Peace; And No Man Desires Peace More Ardently Than I. Still I Am Yet Unprepared To Give Up The Union Fora Peace Which, So Achieved, Could Not Be Of Much Duration.