Every man as well as every day has its lights and shades.

Peace won by compromise is usually a short lived achievement.

My politics are of a practical kind - the integrity of the country, the supremacy of the Federal government, an honorable peace, or none at all.

Brave rifles! Veterans! You have been baptized in fire and blood and have come out steel!

I placed the Marines where the hardest work was to be accomplished, and I never once found my confidence in them misplaced.

The enemy say that Americans are good at a long shot, but cannot stand the cold iron. I call upon you instantly to give a lie to this slander. Charge!

Say to the seceded States, "Wayward sisters, depart in peace."

There are times when a corps commander's life does not count.

Sir, it is not God who will assemble us on the battlefield, nor position our troops, nor place the cannon, and it is not God who will aim the musket.

We are serving no one man, we are serving our country.

I do not care to die, but I pray to God I may never leave this field.

People are so used to seeing John Goodman as a loveable dad or the quirky characters he played in the Coen Brothers films.

We prefer to think that the absence of inverted commas guarantees the originality of a thought, whereas it may be merely that the utterer has forgotten its source.

Do not be afraid that joy will make the pain worse; it is needed like the air we breathe.

I do my best to love everybody

Right here, you're killing me.

When government disappears, its not as if paradise will take its place. When governments are gone, other interests will take their place.

You never know what life is like, until you have lived it.

I've certainly had less practice at fatherhood than I have at acting, but in fatherhood, at least my failures are private!

Ideas are self-replenishing, like snot

Liking who you are and liking what you do can make you an incredibly successful person.