We may be for or against the South. But there is no doubt that Jefferson Davis and other leaders of the South have made an Army; they are making, it appears, a Navy; and they have made - what is more than either - they have made a Nation.... We may anticipate with certainty the success of the Southern States so far as regards their separation from the North.

I am certain, from experience, of the immense advantage of strict account-keeping in early life. It is just like learning the grammar then, which when once lea…

I mean this, that together with the so-called increase of expenditure there grows up what may be termed a spirit which, insensibly and unconsciously perhaps, b…

Economy is the first and great article (economy such as I understand it) in my financial creed. The controversy between direct and indirect taxation holds a mi…

One of the essential experiences of war is never being able to escape from disgusting smells of human origin. Latrines are an overworked subject in war literat…

We've spent a lot of blood and treasure here. We regard Iraq's success to be our success. And God forbid, Iraq's failure will also be ours.

I have just this moment heard from the front - there is nothing yet of a movement, but each side is continually on the alert, expecting something to happen. O …