“There is nothing so likely to produce peace as to be well prepared to meet the enemy.”

We began a contest for liberty ill provided with the means for the war, relying on our patriotism to supply the deficiency.

It is now no more that toleration is spoken of, as if it was by the indulgence of one class of people.

Real men despise battle, but will never run from it.

System to all things is the soul of business. To execute properly and act maturely is the way to conduct it to your advantage.

The hour is fast approaching, on which the Honor and Success of this army, and the safety of our bleeding Country depend.

Interwoven as is the love of liberty with every ligament of your hearts, no recommendation of mine is necessary to fortify or confirm the attachment.

We must consult our means rather than our wishes.

One of the expedients of party to acquire influence, within particular districts, is to misrepresent the opinions and aims of other districts.

Human happiness and moral duty are inseparably connected.

I am convinced that you will again give that support to leadership in these critical days.

Religious controversies are always productive of more acrimony and irreconcilable hatreds than those which spring from any other cause.

A slender acquaintance with the world must convince every man that actions, not words, are the true criterion of the attachment of friends.

Perseverance and spirit have done wonders in all ages.

The nation which indulges toward another a habitual hatred or a habitual fondness is in some degree a slave.

Paper money has had the effect in your state that it will ever have, to ruin commerce, oppress the honest, and open the door to every species of fraud and injustice.

I conceive a knowledge of books is the basis upon which other knowledge is to be built.

If you view everyone as your enemies, everyone around you will be your enemies.

If you are successful, you will win some unfaithful friends and some genuine enemies. Succeed anyway.

The whole secret lies in confusing the enemy, so that he cannot fathom our real intent.

Self-pity is our worst enemy and if we yield to it, we can never do anything good in the world.

The best revenge is not to be like your enemy.

Supreme excellence consists of breaking the enemy’s resistance without fighting.

A foolish faith in authority is the worst enemy of truth.

You don’t get to 500 million friends without making a few enemies.