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> [“The truth is, Colonel, that there's no divine spark, bless you. There's many a man alive no more value than a dead dog. Believe me, when you've seen them hang each other...Equality? Christ in Heaven. What I'm fighting for is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-shaara/the-truth-is-colonel-that-there-s-no-divine-spark-bless-you-there-s/)

[Michael Shaara](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-shaara/)

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## More by Michael Shaara

> [“The great white joker in the sky dooms us all to stupidity or poverty from birth. No two things on earth are equal or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-shaara/the-great-white-joker-in-the-sky-dooms-us-all-to-stupidity-or-poverty/)

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> [“I tell you, Colonel, we got to win this war. What will happen, do you think, if we lose? Do you think the country…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-shaara/i-tell-you-colonel-we-got-to-win-this-war-what-will-happen-do-you/)

[Michael Shaara](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-shaara/)

> [Perhaps it was only that when you try to put it into words you cannot express it truly, it never sounds as you dream…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-shaara/perhaps-it-was-only-that-when-you-try-to-put-it-into-words-you-cannot/)

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> [Pickett excused himself, watchful of Longstreet. Pickett was always saying something to irritate somebody, and he rarely knew why, so his method was simply…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-shaara/pickett-excused-himself-watchful-of-longstreet-pickett-was-always/)

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> [I've been a soldier all my life. I've fought from the ranks on up, you know my service. But sir, I must tell you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-shaara/i-ve-been-a-soldier-all-my-life-i-ve-fought-from-the-ranks-on-up-you/)

[Michael Shaara](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-shaara/)

> [“He bent down, scratched the black dirt into his fingers. He was beginning to warm to it; the words were beginning to flow. No…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-shaara/he-bent-down-scratched-the-black-dirt-into-his-fingers-he-was/)

[Michael Shaara](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-shaara/)

> [“The true rain came in a monster wind, and the storm broke in blackness over the hills and the bloody valley; the sky opened…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-shaara/the-true-rain-came-in-a-monster-wind-and-the-storm-broke-in-blackness/)

[Michael Shaara](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-shaara/)

> [“I'll wave no more flags for home. No tears for Mother. Nobody ever died for apple pie.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-shaara/i-ll-wave-no-more-flags-for-home-no-tears-for-mother-nobody-ever-died/)

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> [“To be a good soldier you must love the army. But to be a good officer you must be willing to order the death…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-shaara/to-be-a-good-soldier-you-must-love-the-army-but-to-be-a-good-officer/)

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> [“I don't really understand it. Never have. The more I think on it the more it horrifies me. How can they look in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-shaara/i-don-t-really-understand-it-never-have-the-more-i-think-on-it-the/)

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> [“He was one of those, like Stuart, who looked on war as God's greatest game.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-shaara/he-was-one-of-those-like-stuart-who-looked-on-war-as-god-s-greatest/)

[Michael Shaara](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-shaara/)

> [“There is one thing you can do. You can resign now. You can refuse to lead it. But I cannot even do that. Cannot…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-shaara/there-is-one-thing-you-can-do-you-can-resign-now-you-can-refuse-to/)

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> [“Then after that I asked this fella what rights he had that we were offendin’, and he said, well, he didn't know, but he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-shaara/then-after-that-i-asked-this-fella-what-rights-he-had-that-we-were/)

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> [“There ought to be more than just that metallic end, and then silence, then the worms, and sometimes he believed, but just this moment…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-shaara/there-ought-to-be-more-than-just-that-metallic-end-and-then-silence/)

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> [I've been a soldier all my life. I've fought from the ranks on up, you know my service. But sir, I must tell you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-shaara/i-ve-been-a-soldier-all-my-life-i-ve-fought-from-the-ranks-on-up-you-2/)

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