Peace, above all things, is to be desired, but blood must sometimes be spilled to obtain it on equable and lasting terms.

No one need think that the world can be ruled without blood. The civil sword shall and must be red and bloody.

Blood alone moves the wheels of history.

The best blood will at some time get into a fool or a mosquito.

A pint of sweat will save a gallon of blood.

Blood is a cleansing and sanctifying thing, and the nation that regards it as the final horror has lost its manhood... there are many things more horrible than bloodshed, and slavery is one of them!