John Sherman: “To know what measures ought to be adopted we should have a clear conception of what we wish to accomplish.”

The life of a civilian is in what he says or writes, that of a soldier in what he does.

During forty years of public life, though many able men have aspired to the office I hold, the people of Ohio, through their general assembly, have preferred me to represent them.

What I have written is no doubt clouded with partisanship, but I would not be honest if I did not express my attachment to my party.

If my life is prolonged I will do all I can to add to the strength and prosperity of the United States, but nothing to extend its limits or to add new dangers by acquisition of foreign territory.