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.

Peace won by compromise is usually a short lived achievement.

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.

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.

There's always a gap between the burn and the sting of it, the pain and the realization...You can't survive a rift that big without it leaving a mark.

. . .where there is no more hope, song remains.

Dealing with depression effectively is a mark not of weakness, but of strength.

An actor is an instrument. One needs to control them.

Yeah. Some people just don't understand when their facial hair starts to look ridiculous.

You can go to hell -- I'm going to Texas.

Britain needs a simpler tax system which is simple to understand, where there are no loop-holes, where the very rich do not avoid tax by employing expensive accountants

I want to change my way of seeing, NOT my way of feeling. I was perfectly happy about my feelings.

I prefer reading e-books on a high resolution LCD screen - like the iPod Touch's - although the pixel density could and should be much higher.

I feel like I'm 11 again, with my drums. It doesn't matter if it's good or bad. I'm just playing.