If everyone fought for their own convictions there would be no war.

Never give in except to convictions of honour and good sense. Never yield to force; never yield to the apparently overwhelming might of the enemy.

In war it is not men, but the man who counts.

A very popular error: having the courage of one's convictions; rather it is a matter of having the courage for an attack on one's convictions.

We began a contest for liberty ill provided with the means for the war, relying on our patriotism to supply the deficiency. We expected to encounter many wants and distressed... we must bear the present evils and fortitude.

War is waged only with vigor, decision, and unshaken will; one must not grope or hesitate.