We Have But One Rule Here, And

There Is Nothing Left For Me To Do But To Go And See General Grant And I Would Rather Die A Thousand Deaths.

So Far From Engaging In A War To Perpetuate Slavery, I Am Rejoiced That Slavery Is Abolished.

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

We Made A Great Mistake In The Beginning Of Our Struggle, And I Fear, In Spite Of All We Can Do, It Will Prove To Be A Fatal Mistake. We Appointed All Our Worst Generals To Command Our Armies, And All Our Best Generals To Edit The Newspapers

A Union That Can Only Be Maintained By Swords And Bayonets, And In Which Strife And Civil War Are To Take The Place Of Brotherly Love And Kindness, Has No Charm For Me.