"The irrepressible conflict propounded by abolitionism has produced now its legitimate fruits - disunion."

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Source : John Henninger Reagan (1906). “Memoirs, with special reference to secession and the Civil War”

John Henninger Reagan

#Fruit Quotes #Conflict Quotes #Irrepressible Quotes

“If you told the truth, that was all well and good and if you told the un-truth, well, that's still well and good. Folk songs had taught me that.”
“I'm now on a journey to fulfill the wish, in my tiny capacity, of little African girls.”
“Be sure you put your feet in the right place, then stand firm.”
“All truly great thoughts are conceived by walking.”
“I always believe that my films should give some hope to the man who comes to watch them for those three hours. If he goes home on an optimistic note, I would feel satisfied at having done my duty.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“It's also obsessiveness. I'll spend a lot of time working on a single sentence, debating over a dash or a colon, etc. I want things to be perfect. I know nothing will ever be as perfect as I want it, and this is very sad, but sometimes I can get close.”
“The old gods will bring about vengeance not so much because they exist but because I once honored them.”
“Perhaps the greatest magic of the human spirit is the ability to laugh, at ourselves, at each other, and at our sometimes hopeless situation. Laughter normalized our lives”

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