But in a larger sense we cannot dedicate, we cannot consecrate, we cannot hallow this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it far above our poor power to add or detract.

So, as you go into battle, remember your ancestors and remember your descendants.

I could have become a soldier if I had waited; I knew more about retreating than the man who invented retreating.

I want to see you shoot the way you shout.

Every citizen should be a soldier. This was the case with the Greeks and Romans, and must be that of every free state.

A good soldier, like a good horse, cannot be of a bad color.