"The alternate domination of one faction over another, sharpened by the spirit of revenge, natural to party dissension, which in different ages and countries has perpetrated the most horrid enormities,…"

"Ah, Lee, you are a funny fellow, see, that bird is laughing at you."

"There is nothing more likely to produce an alteration in the conduct of the Indians than a conviction in their minds that we are able and determined to punish them for their depredations."

"On one side I am called upon to remember the parrot, on the other to remember the dog. For my own part I should not pine much if both were forgot."

"I had rather be in my grave, than in the present situation."