A Conquering Army On The Border Will

Never Believe Anything In Politics Until It Has Been Officially Denied.

A Statesman... Must Wait Until He Hears The Steps Of God Sounding Through Events, Then Leap Up And Grasp The Hem Of His Garment.

The Main Thing Is To Make History, Not To Write It.

I Consider Even A Victorious War As An Evil, From Which Statesmanship Must Endeavor To Spare Nations.

He Obtained From Congress The Right To Borrow From The People By Selling To It The 'bonds' Of States ... And The Government And The Nation Escaped The Plots Of The Foreign Financiers. They Understood At Once, That The United States Would Escape Their Grip. The Death Of Lincoln Was Resolved Upon.