“The hand is thought of as the slave of action. But the slave of action is the master of expression.”

“Indeed, it is very far from accurate to say that we see with our eyes. The eye is blind but for the idea behind the eye.”

“He (recently-appointed and new-to-command Robert E Lee) will be timid in the irresolute in action.”

“We become slaves the moment we hand the keys to the definition of reality entirely over to someone else, whether it is a business, an economic theory, a political party, the White House, Newsworld or CNN.”

“There is no slave but the creature that wills against its Creator.”

“He had moved from thought to words, and now from words to actions.”

“The augmentation of slaves weakens the states; and such a trade is diabolical in itself, and disgraceful to mankind.”