“What a cruel thing war is... to fill our hearts with hatred instead of love for our neighbors.”
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This war is not about slavery.
The trite saying that honesty is the best policy has met with the just criticism that honesty is not policy. The real honest man is honest from conviction of what is right, not from policy.
I cannot trust a man to control others who cannot control himself.
We must expect reverses, even defeats. They are sent to teach us wisdom and prudence, to call forth greater energies, and to prevent our falling into greater disasters.