American civil war Quote by George Meade Download Open image “Be assured, he is not an ordinary man.” — George Meade ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.7 out of 5 (10 ratings) Copy quoteShare American civil war Assured Civil war History Men Ordinary Ordinary man War
All men are ordinary men; the extraordinary men are those who know it. — Gilbert K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
He does not seem to me to be a free man who does not sometimes do nothing. — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
Higgins: I'm an ordinary man, who desires nothing more than just an ordinary chance, to live exactly as he likes, and do precisely what… — Rex Harrison Copy Share Image
He is not a true man of the world who knows only the present fashions of it. — Woodrow Wilson Copy Share Image
There are no extraordinary men... just extraordinary circumstances that ordinary men are forced to deal with. — William Halsey Copy Share Image
General Sickles, this is in some respects higher ground than that to the rear, but there is still higher in front of you, and… — George Meade Copy Share Image
I have been tried and condemned without a hearing, and I suppose I shall have to go to the execution. — George Meade Copy Share Image
War is very uncertain in its results, and often when affairs look most desperate they suddenly assume a more hopeful state. — George Meade Copy Share Image
It cost about 75 cents to kill a man in Ceasar's time. The price rose to about $3,000 per man during the Napoleonic wars;… — Homer Bone Copy Share Image
Strange, (is it not?) that battles, martyrs, blood, even assassination should so condense - perhaps only really lastingly condense - a Nationality. — Walt Whitman Copy Share Image
We all declare for liberty; but in using the same word we do not all mean the same thing. With some the word liberty… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
What began as a bitter dispute over Union and States' Rights, ended as a struggle over the meaning of freedom in America. At Gettysburg… — Bruce Catton Copy Share Image
Its foundations are laid, its cornerstone rests, upon the great truth that the negro is not equal to the white man; that slavery .… — Alexander H. Stephens Copy Share Image
“For my part I consider the central idea pervading this struggle is the necessity that is upon us of proving that popular government is… — Shelby Foote Copy Share Image
My paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union, and is not either to save or to destroy slavery. If I could… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
The triumph of the Confederacy... would be a victory for the powers of evil which would give courage to the enemies of progress and… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
If I could save the Union without freeing any slave, I would do it. — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
“Across the river he could see the burnt and crushed buildings of Fredericksburg, the debris piled along the streets, the scattered ruins of people's… — Jeff Shaara Copy Share Image
