"He surprised me by his familiarity with details……" — Henry Villard
"He surprised me by his familiarity with details of movements and battles which I did not suppose had come to his knowledge. As he kept me talking for over half an hour, I flattered myself that what I had to say interested him."
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Henry Villard
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11 Quotes by Henry Villard
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General Sherman looked upon journalists as a nuisance and a danger at headquarters and in the field, and acted toward…
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I had not got over the prejudice against Lincoln with which my personal contact with him in 1858 imbued me.
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No one felt it more than the President. I saw him repeatedly, and he fairly groaned at the inexplicable delay…
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Without any formal orders to retreat, what was left of the several organizations yielded to a general impulse to abandon…
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I therefore shared fully the intense chagrin of the New York and other State delegations when, on the third ballot,…
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Senator Douglas was very small, not over four and a half feet height, and there was a noticeable disproportion between…
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The curious defiled past him, after squeezing the Presidential fingers into the room, and settled either on the sofa or…
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He appeared every night, like myself, at about nine o'clock, in the office of Mr. Tyler, to learn the news…
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There was nothing in all Douglas's powerful effort that appealed to the higher instincts of human nature, while Lincoln always…
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Towards four o'clock, the rebels felt strong enough to take the offensive. A brigade with a battery under Earle managed…
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More Battles Quotes
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When the British came to Ibo land, for instance, at the beginning of the 20th century, and defeated the men…
— Chinua Achebe
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You don't argue with a four-year old about why he shouldn't eat candy for dinner. You don't punch a mentally…
— Scott Adams
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Some of the greatest battles will be fought within the silent chambers of your own soul.
— Ezra Taft Benson
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But the West of the old times, with its strong characters, its stern battles and its tremendous stretches of loneliness,…
— Buffalo Bill
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Soldiers generally win battles; generals get credit for them.
— Napoleon Bonaparte
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The Arab-Israeli conflict is also in many ways a conflict about status: it's a war between two peoples who feel…
— Alain de Botton
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You've got to stand up and do your own battles. My daddy taught me that a long time ago, that…
— Terry Bradshaw
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I love to have battles of the wits with people that can dish fast and dirty - and it leads…
— Alton Brown
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These fallen heroes represent the character of a nation who has a long history of patriotism and honor - and…
— Michael N. Castle
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Battles are won by slaughter and maneuver. The greater the general, the more he contributes in maneuver, the less he…
— Winston Churchill
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My demons, inner strengths and physical battles have guided me through life.
— GG Allin
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To capture the enemy's entire army is better than to destroy it; to take intact a regiment, a company, or…
— Sun Tzu
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