Duty is the sublimest word in our language. Do your duty in all things. You cannot do more. You should never wish to do less. Misattributed
Governor, if I had foreseen the use those people designed to make of their victory, there would have been no surrender at Appomattox Courthouse; no sir, not by me. Had I foreseen these results of subjugation, I would have preferred to die at Appomattox with my brave men, my sword in my right hand. Misattributed