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We can complain because rose bushes have thorns, or rejoice because thorn bushes have roses



A man may be loyal to his government and yet oppose the particular principles and methods of administration



Our cause, then, must be intrusted to, and conducted by, its own undoubted friends-those whose hands are free, whose hearts are in the work-who do care for the result. Two years ago the Republicans of the nation mustered over thirteen hundred thousand strong. We did this under the single impulse of resistance to a common danger, with every external circumstance against us. Of strange, discordant, and even, hostile elements, we gathered from the four winds, and formed and fought the battle through, under the constant hot fire of a disciplined, proud, and pampered enemy. Did we brave all then to falter now?-now when that same enemy is wavering, dissevered, and belligerent? The result is not doubtful. We shall not fail-if we stand firm, we shall not fail. Wise councils may accelerate or mistakes delay it, but, sooner or later, the victory is sure to come



When someone asked Abraham Lincoln, after he was elected president, what he was going to do about his enemies, he replied, "I am going to destroy them. I am going to make them my friends



I have been driven many times upon my knees by the overwhelming conviction that I had nowhere else to go. My own wisdom and that of all about me seemed insufficient for that day.



Having thus chosen our course, without guile and with pure purpose, let us renew our trust in God, and go forward without fear and with manly hearts.



Don't worry when you are not recognized, but strive to be worthy of recognition



I don’t know who my grandfather was; I’m much more concerned to know what his grandson will be.



It has been my experience that folks who have no vices have very few virtues



It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to open one's mouth and remove all doubt.



Military glory - that attractive rainbow that rises in showers of blood



Reputation is like fine china once broken it's very hard to repair.



Important principles may and must be inflexible.



To sin by silence when they should protest makes cowards of men.



If you look for the bad in people expecting to find it, you surely will.







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