We know not of the future and cannot plan for it much.

The power of noble deeds is to be preserved and passed on to the future.

I never could be a partisan leader - a man of one idea.

The inspiration of a noble cause enables men to do things they did not dream themselves capable of before

But the cause for which we fought was higher; our thought wider... That thought was our power.

We pass now quickly from each other's sight; but I know full well that where beyond these passing scenes you shall be, there will be Heaven.

The pageant has passed. That day is over. But we linger, loath to think we shall see them no more together - these men, these horses, these colors afield.

I know in whom all my highest hopes and dearest joys are centered. I know in whom my whole heart can rest — so sweetly and so surely.

The word was enough. It ran like fire along the line, from man to man, and rose into a shout, with which they sprang forward upon the enemy, now not 30 yards away.

A radiant fellowship of the fallen.

I am not of Virginia blood; she is of mine.

Not everything you're good at is what you're called to do.

A snowflake is probably quite unconscious of forming a crystal, but what it does may be worth study even if we are willing to leave its inner mental processes alone.

A friend who betrays you is an enemy.

Everybody I've ever worked with - 99.9 percent of the time, I've had a successful or very agreeable experience with.

The best way for someone to govern is to set an example.

We can enhance democracy by making it in line with its original vision. Read the dollar bill - E pluribus unum, out of many, one; novus ordo seclorum, a new order of the ages. That's democracy.

I was driven from my position as Interior Secretary, not because of my environmental record, but because of my Christian beliefs. That's the real struggle.

She looked back as well as she could; but it was all confusion. She had taken up the idea, she supposed and made everything bend to it.

The United States is the laughingstock of the world.

We do not exist for ourselves.