There Is No More Dangerous Experiment Than

True Patriotism Sometimes Requires Of Men To Act Exactly Contrary, At One Period, To That Which It Does At Another, And The Motive Which Impels Them The Desire To Do Right Is Precisely The Same.

My Trust Is In The Mercy And Wisdom Of A Kind Providence, Who Ordereth All Things For Our Good.

The War... Was An Unnecessary Condition Of Affairs, And Might Have Been Avoided If Forebearance And Wisdom Had Been Practiced On Both Sides.

Abandon Your Animosities And Make Your Sons Americans!

There Is Always Hazard In Military Activity, But We Must Decide Between The Positive Loss Of Inactivity And The Risk Of Action.