If nominated, I will not accept; if drafted, I will not run; if elected, I will not serve.

You may as well say, 'That's a valiant flea that dare eat his breakfast on the lip of a lion.

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.

War is the remedy that our enemies have chosen, and I say let us give them all they want.

Every attempt to make war easy and safe will result in humiliation and disaster.

I will accept no commission that would tend to create a rivalry with Grant. I want him to hold what he has earned and got. I have all the rank I want.