I shall endeavor to take the ground I deem most just to the North, the East, the West, the South, and the whole country.

We are not enemies, but friends. We must not be enemies. Though passion may have strained it must not break our bonds of affection.

In great contests, each party claims to act in accordance with the will of God. Both may be, and one must be, wrong.

General McClellan and myself are to be photographed ... if we can be still long enough. I feel General McClellan should have no problem.

I shall do nothing in malice. What I deal with is too vast for malicious dealing.

It is gratifying to know that the patriotism of the people has proved equal to the occasion, and that the number of troops tendered greatly exceeds the force which Congress authorized me to call into the field.