John Sherman: “Treason sits in the councils, and timidity controls the executive power.”

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

The events of the future are beyond the vision of mankind, but I hope our people will be content with internal growth, and avoid the complications of foreign acquisitions.

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.

Our family of states is already large enough to create embarrassment in the Senate, and a republic should not hold dependent provinces or possessions.