"They couldn't hit an elephant at this dist..."

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Source : Quoted in Battles and Leaders of the Civil War (1887 - 1888). This line is popularly said to have been Sedgwick's last words and to have been cut off in the middle of "distance." In fact, this was Sedgwick's second-to-last sentence and was completed before the bullet hit.

John Sedgwick

#Elephants Quotes #Last Words Quotes

“It's saying, just stop, and be together. Don't talk now, just breathe and feel each other's presence...”
“It takes struggle, a goal and enthusiasm to make a champion.”
“Every moment is enormous and it is all we have.”
“The collapse of good conscience and the absence of accountability and public scrutiny have led to crimes against humanity and violations of international law.”
“We live, I am trying to say, in an epidemic of male violence against women.”

Source : Katha Pollitt (1995). “Reasonable Creatures: Essays on Women and Feminism”, Vintage
“The continual manufacture of enemies is essential to the growth of the fascist state.”
“I'd like to go away for six months and learn to kiteboard and windsurf. I love pinochle, I love chess and I love windsurfing.”
“I do good when people doubt me. When someone says I can't do something, I want to do more. I won't back down from anybody.”

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