Gideon Welles Quotes

"The hopeless grief of those poor colored people affected me more than almost anything else."
- Gideon Welles
(Related: People, Grief, Poor)

"The War has been waged with success, although there have been in some instances errors and misfortunes. But the heart of the nation is sounder and its hopes brighter."
- Gideon Welles
(Related: War, Success, Heart, Errors, Nation)

"This crowd did not diminish through the whole of that cold, wet day; they seemed not to know what was to by their fate since their great benefactor was dead, and though strong and brave men wept when I met them."
- Gideon Welles
(Related: Men, Day, Fate)