"Having lived in Texas as a youth I had been accused of murder several times and been forced to study Texas history, I…"

"Has the Mexican War terminated yet, and how? Are we beaten? Do you know of any nation about to besiege South Hadley? …"

"Charge of inferiority is an old dodge. It has been made available for oppression on many occasions. It is only about …"

"The United States will conquer Mexico, but it will be as the man swallows the arsenic, which brings him down in turn.…"

"After the United States gobbled up California and half of Mexico, and we were stripped down to nothing, territorial e…"

"The Mexicans were badly commanded, and there was very little hard fighting during that war, at least nothing to be co…"

"With a soldier the flag is paramount. I know the struggle with my conscience during the Mexican War. I have never alt…"

"When I was in London, talking with Lord Beaconsfield, he spoke of Mexico. He said he wished to heaven we had taken th…"

"The Southern rebellion was largely the outgrowth of the Mexican war. Nations, like individuals, are punished for thei…"

"It’s been well said—and by many people in many circumstances—that whom the Gods would destroy, they first make mad. T…"