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

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!

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

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.

Christianity is a journey not a destination

Convincing someone to believe something that was inherently unbelievable often meant getting that person to make a quick and easy comparison to something they already knew.

Do either of you even play baseball?

Superheroes are best imagined in comic books. The union between the written word, the image, and then what your imagination has to do to connect those allows for so much.

Not to be, but to seem, virtuous - it is a formula whose utility we all discovered in the nursery.

I want to say less, and it's easier to say less.

Teach people to let go of their superficial mental chatter and obsessions. Teach people to pay attention to the whole body's reaction to a situation.

I have come to believe that giving and receiving are really the same. Giving and receiving - not giving and taking

Men are thinking, writing, and creating, because women were pouring their energy into those men; women are not creating culture because they are occupied with love.

Was none who would be foremost To lead such dire attack; But those behind cried "Forward!" And those before cried "Back!