“Grant stood by me when I was crazy, and I stood by him when he was drunk, and now we stand by each other.”

“You cannot qualify war in harsher terms than I will. War is cruelty, and you cannot refine it; and those who brought war into our country deserve all the curses and maledictions a people can pour out. I know I had no hand in making this war, and I know I will make more sacrifices to-day than any of you to secure peace.”

“I think I know what military fame is; to be killed on the field of battle and have your name misspelled in the newspapers.”

“In treading upon the ashes of dead men in Italy, Egypt - on the banks of the Bosphorus, one almost despairs to think how idle are the dreams and toils of this life, and were it not for the intellectual pleasure of knowing and learning, one would almost be damaged by travel in these historic lands.”

“There is many a boy here today who looks on war as all glory, but, boys, it is all hell.”

“War is cruelty. You can't refine it.”

“Vox populi, vox Humbug.”