“Who asks whether the enemy was defeated by strategy or valor?” — Virgil Quote

Who asks whether the enemy was defeated by strategy or valor?

It is easy to go down into Hell; night and day, the gates of dark Death stand wide; but to climb back again, to retrace one's steps to the upper air - there's the rub, the task.

It never troubles the wolf how many the sheep may be.

None but himself can be his parallel.

All things deteriorate in time.

I wish that the Indians believed me a god, for upon the report of an enemy's valor oftentimes depends the success of a battle, and false reports have many times done as great things as true courage and resolution.

Is he alone who has courage on his right hand and faith on his left hand?

It requires more courage to suffer than to die.

Above all, we must realize that no arsenal, or no weapon in the arsenals of the world, is so formidable as the will and moral courage of free men and women. It is a weapon our adversaries in today's world do not have.

If elected Speaker, I promise you that we will have the courage to lead the fight for our conservative principles and make our case to the American people. But we will also have the wisdom to listen to our constituents and each other so that we always move forward together.