"It is often in the audacity, in the steadfastness, of the general that the safety and the conservation of his men is found."
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"It is often in the audacity, in the steadfastness, of the general that the safety and the conservation of his men is found."
"Wisdom and policy dictate that we must do as destiny demands and keep peace with the irresistible march of events."
"So you think the police foresees and knows everything. The police invents more than it discovers."
"Posterity will talk of Washington as the founder of a great empire, when my name shall be lost in the vortex of revolution."