Knute Nelson famous quotes

You say that your hope is in God, and he will, I am sure, stand by you. But you must not forget that you have been given worldly means to use and employ against human arrogance and wrong; it is necessary to see such things with a broad mind in order to oppose them.
-- Knute Nelson

#Mean #Order #Mind

Man is remembered by his deeds.
-- Knute Nelson

#Men #Deeds #Remembered

I know that money speaks more loudly than need.
-- Knute Nelson

#Needs #Speak

Providence has given the United States the duty of extending Christian civilization. We come as ministering angels, not despots.
-- Knute Nelson

#Christian #Angel #Civilization

The scene was not a happy one yet we looked upon it in the cold stoical spirit of a soldier; a slight chilling pang and then a return soul and body to the enemy before us.
-- Knute Nelson

#Soul #Soldier #Enemy

Vicksburg lies on top of a bluff on the east side of a large tongue of land jutting out into the Mississippi.
-- Knute Nelson

#Lying #Land #East

It is in Virginia and Georgia that the war now rages and where it will continue for at these points - Richmond and Atlanta - the enemy's main strength is concentrated.
-- Knute Nelson

#War #Atlanta #Virginia

What is best and most necessary usually happens.
-- Knute Nelson

In the midst of these hard times it is our good health and good sleep that are enjoyable.
-- Knute Nelson

#Sleep #Hard Times #Good Health

You must not forget that you have been given worldly means to use and employ against human arrogance and wrong.
-- Knute Nelson

#Mean #Arrogance #Use

Mess is fairly good. It is like what is found in American hotels except for cake and pie.
-- Knute Nelson

#Cake #Pie #Found