Never take counsel of your fears.

Any man worth his salt will stick up for what he believes right, but it takes a slightly better man to acknowledge instantly and without reservation that he is…

No one need think that the world can be ruled without blood. The civil sword shall and must be red and bloody.

You are a nest of vipers and thieves, and by the grace of the almighty God, I will root you out!

Courage which goes against military expediency is stupidity, or, if it is insisted upon by a commander, irresponsibility.

Intelligence alone is not courage, we often see that the most intelligent people are irresolute. Since in the rush of events a man is governed by feelings rath…

This is preeminently the time to speak the truth, the whole truth, frankly and boldly. Nor need we shrink from honestly facing conditions in our country today.…