I'm Afraid I'm Elected.

Declare Church And State Forever Separate And Distinct; But Each Free Within Their Proper Spheres.

No Theory Of My Own Will Ever Stand In The Way Of My Executing, In Good Faith, Any Order I May Receive From Those In Authority Over Me.

One Of My Superstitions Had Always Been When I Started To Go Anywhere Or Do Anything, Not To Turn Back, Or Stop Until The Thing Intended Was Accomplished. I Have Frequently Started To Go Places Where I Had Never Been And To Which I Did Not Know The Way, Depending Upon Making Inquiries On The Road, And If I Got Past The Place Without Knowing It, Instead Of Turning Back, I Would Go Until A Road Was Found Turning In The Right Direction, Take That, And Come In By The Other Side.

I Don't Underrate The Value Of Military Knowledge, But If Men Make War In Slavish Obedience To Rules, They Will Fail.

Although A Soldier By Profession, I Have Never Felt Any Sort Of Fondness For War, And I Have Never Advocated It, Except As A Means Of Peace.