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A nation which does not remember what it was yesterday does not know where it is today.
A land without memories is a people without liberty.
My experience through life has convinced me that, while moderation and temperance in all things are commendable and beneficial, abstinence from spirituous liquors is the best safeguard of morals and health.
Life processes take place in an aqueous medium. All organisms are composed mostly of water, whether they dwell in the oceans, lakes, and rivers, or on the land. Because the physical and chemical properties of water are well suited to the requirements of life, it is no accident that life is a water-based phenomenon.
Abandon your animosities and make your sons Americans!
We have fought this fight as long, and as well as we know how. We have been defeated. For us as a Christian people, there is now but one course to pursue. We must accept the situation.
It is good that war is so horrible, or we might grow to like it.
I like whiskey. I always did, and that is why I never drink it.
What a cruel thing war is... to fill our hearts with hatred instead of love for our neighbors.
My chief concern is to try to be an humble, earnest Christian.
The trite saying that 'honesty is the best policy' has met with the just criticism that honesty is not policy. The seems to be true. The real honest man is honest from conviction of what is right, not from policy.
A true man of honor feels humbled himself when he cannot help humbling others.
We failed, but in the good providence of God apparent failure often proves a blessing.
Never do a wrong thing to make a friend or to keep one.
The war... was an unnecessary condition of affairs, and might have been avoided if forebearance and wisdom had been practiced on both sides.
We must expect reverses, even defeats. They are sent to teach us wisdom and prudence, to call forth greater energies, and to prevent our falling into greater disasters.
I cannot trust a man to control others who cannot control himself.
The education of a man is never completed until he dies.
It is well that war is so terrible. We should grow too fond of it.
I think it better to do right, even if we suffer in so doing, than to incur the reproach of our consciences and posterity.
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