My topic for Army reunions ... this summer: How to prepare for war in time of peace. Not by fortifications, by navies, or by stand...ing armies. But by policies which will add to the happiness and the comfort of all our people and which will tend to the distribution of intelligence [and] wealth equally among all. Our strength is a contented and intelligent community.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
It is only the enlightened ruler and the wise general who will use the highest intelligence of the army for the purposes of spying..., and thereby they achieve great results.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
The Gospel of the army is cunning, as of all other human activities. The wisdom of the snake under the meekness of the sheep is wh...at wins out. The first Commandment is--never let them get anything on you-- The second: Graft--get privileges others haven't got--worm yourself into confidence The Third--seem neat and prosperous--as if you had money in the bank--LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
I thought it altogether proper that I should take a brief furlough from official duties at Washington to mingle with you here to-d...ay as a comrade, because every President of the United States must realize that the strength of the Government, its defence in war, the army that is to muster under its banner when our Nation is assailed, is to be found here in the masses of our people.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
In Sumter and other counties [in South Carolina] the whites are resorting to intimidation and violence to prevent the colored peop...le from organizing for the elections. The division there is still on the color line. Substantially all the whites are Democrats and all the colored people are Republicans. There is no political principle in dispute between them. The whites have the intelligence, the property, and the courage which make power. The negroes are for the most part ignorant, poor, and timid. My view is that the whites must be divided there before a better state of things will prevail.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Well, Mary, only six more days to go and your old Nathan will be out of the army. Haven't decided what I'll do yet. Somehow I just... can't picture myself back there on the banks of the Wabash rocking on a front porch. No, I've been thinkin I, maybe I'll push on west, new settlements, California.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Oh, the army. Well I planted twenty-four gardens the first ten years of our marriage. Never stayed long enough to see a single blo...om.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »