Peace, above all things, is to be desired, but blood must sometimes be spilled to obtain it on equable and lasting terms.
I have always been afraid of banks.
Americans are not a perfect people, but we are called to a perfect mission.
War is a blessing compared with national degradation.
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 in error.
To the victors belong the spoils.
It is to be regretted that the rich and powerful too often bend the acts of government to their own selfish purposes.
There are no necessary evils in government. Its evils exist only in its abuses.
Democracy shows not only its power in reforming governments, but in regenerating a race of men and this is the greatest blessing of free governments.
It was settled by the Constitution, the laws, and the whole practice of the government that the entire executive power is vested in the President of the United States.
No one need think that the world can be ruled without blood. The civil sword shall and must be red and bloody.
There is no pleasure in having nothing to do; the fun is having lots to do and not doing it.
Heaven will be no heaven to me if I do not meet my wife there.
The wisdom of man never yet contrived a system of taxation that would operate with perfect equality.
Elevate those guns a little lower.
