"The thing to remember, and tremble when contemplating, is that those bodies [buried in Arlington National Cemetary] were given freely by fathers, mothers, and the dead souls."
"These were not victims of a revolution, or killed out of expedient choice. These were men who died to protect that which they held valuable. It may be the first nation in history to obtain it's soldiers in a free society so amazingly large a militia so willing to die."
"The American philosophy is to make the other side sacrifice first and most."
"I am awed by the American willingness to throw lives that we value so dearly to the battlefield. It's more a sacrifice for an American to give his life than any conscribed slave or state subject. Each and every soul lived free until the day he decided to give his life for his country. The mothers and fathers that send their sons to war, did so knowing they were giving up a life of comfort and peace, to destroy the enemy. It's a scary thing to consider."
