6 quotes found
“Never take counsel of your fears.”
“I like liquor - its taste and its effects - and that is just the reason why I never drink it.”
“The patriot volunteer, fighting for country and his rights, makes the most reliable soldier on earth.”
“War means fighting. The business of the soldier is to fight. Armies are not called out to dig trenches, to throw up breastworks, to live in camps, but to find the enemy and strike him; to invade hi...”
“My religious beliefs teach me to feel as safe in battle as in bed. God has fixed the time of my death. I do not concern myself with that, but to be always ready whenever it may overtake me. That is...”
“You must not suppose that I would like you to profess religion without possessing it. A hypocrite is in my opinion one of the most detestable of beings. my opinion is, that every one should honestl...”