John Sherman: “The great body of it is wise and just, but it contains some serious defects.”

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.

Though my grateful thanks are due to them and have been often expressed, yet I have felt, as they do, that my duty was to the whole country.

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

Canada and Mexico as independent republics will be more valuable to the United States than if carved into additional states.