"I have never on the field of battle sent you where I was unwilling to go myself, nor would I now advise you to a course which I felt myself unwilling to pursue. You have been good soldiers. You can be good citizens. Obey the laws, preserve your honor, and the government to which you have surrendered can afford to be and will be magnanimous."

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Source : "Farewell address". May 9, 1865.

Nathan Bedford Forrest

#War Quotes #Law Quotes #Government Quotes

“I was excited that my films would finally see the light of day and people would see them. But I never imagined that such nice things would be said about a lot of my films.”
“As far as current inspiration, I'm listenting to a lot of flamenco, because the techniques used for flamenco can be adapted to playing bass.”
“The FDA, NCI and ACS, and the large treatment centres work to eliminate choice of cancer therapies, particulary better ones. They openly attack breakthroughs made by "mavericks", which they define as anyone outside their ranks. Folks, any serious study of how these entities work together to destroy hopeful approaches to cancer reveals a trail of corruption, conspiracy, dishonesty, and inhumanity that warrants desigantion of evil........We continue to use them not because they work, but because those who perform them have so vigorously eliminated any other choice.”
“Try not to have a good time... this is supposed to be educational.”
“Together we made our way from the service entrances in back to the front, Jenks shedding clothes and handing them to me to stuff in my bag every few yards. It was terribly distracting, but I managed to avoid running into the Dumpsters and recycling bins.”
“He that composes himself is wiser than he that composes a book.”
“Time is the only commodity that matters.”
“Booze is the greatest of all equalizers. Rich drunks and poor drunks both pass out the same way.”

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