Civil war Quote by James Longstreet Download Open image “General, unless he offers us honorable terms, come back and let us fight it out!” — James Longstreet ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.0 out of 5 (3 ratings) Copy quoteShare Civil war Fighting Honorable Offers Term War
I think they need to remove the general. He is unfit for the position he is being called upon to serve, precisely because he's… — James Zogby Copy Share Image
The general that hearkens to my counsel and acts upon it, will conquer: let such a one be retained in command! The general that… — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
No, General. I'm not your subordinate. And what I'm coming dangerously close to is violence. -General Wedge Antilles — Aaron Allston Copy Share
I would rather have a lucky general than a smart general… They win battles, and they make me lucky. — Dwight D. Eisenhower Copy Share Image
“The President said: “General Grant, the nation’s appreciation of what you have done, and its reliance upon you for what remains to be done in the existing great struggle, are now presented, with this commission constituting you lieutenant-general in the Army of the United States. With this high honor, devolves upon you, also, a corresponding responsibility. As the country herein… — Ulysses S. Grant Copy Share
One of the things I would immediately do [as Commander in Chief ], in addition to defeating them here at home, is bring back the warrior class - Petraeus, McChrystal, Mattis, Keane, Flynn. Every single one of these generals I know. Every one was retired early because they told President [Barack] Obama things that he didn't want to hear. — Carly Fiorina Copy Share
A general is just as good or just as bad as the troops under his command make him. — Douglas MacArthur Copy Share Image
I fancy that no good ideas upon that campaign will be mentioned at any time that did not receive their share of consideration by… — James Longstreet Copy Share Image
I cannot help but think that great results would have been obtained had my views been thought better of; yet I am much inclined… — James Longstreet Copy Share Image
Bad as was being shot by some of our own troops in the battle of the Wilderness, - that was an honest mistake, one… — James Longstreet Copy Share Image
The town caught fire in several places, shells crashed and burst, and solid shot rained like hail. — James Longstreet Copy Share Image
A little before noon I sent orders to all my batteries to open fire through the streets or at any points where the troops… — James Longstreet Copy Share Image
I hope to live long enough to see my surviving comrades march side by side with the Union veterans along Pennsylvania Avenue, and then… — James Longstreet Copy Share Image
The next time we met was at Appomattox, and the first thing that General Grant said to me when we stepped inside, placing his… — James Longstreet Copy Share Image
Time sets all things right. Error lives but a day. Truth is eternal. — James Longstreet Copy Share Image
General, if you put every Union soldier now on the other side of the Potomac on that field to approach me over the same… — James Longstreet Copy Share Image
As full lines of battle could not be handled through the thick wood, I ordered the advance of the six brigades by heavy skirmish… — James Longstreet Copy Share Image
In the case of the armies at Fredericksburg it would have been, to say the least, very hazardous to give counter-attack, the Federal position… — James Longstreet Copy Share Image
“Time overlaps itself. A breath breathed from a passing breeze is not the whole wind, neither is it just the last of what has… — Ken Kesey Copy Share Image
“Whatever happened in those more than one hundred years, from the time my great-great-great grandfather studied law to the time when my own father… — Gwenn Wright Copy Share Image
“AUSTRALIA, LIKE THE UNITED STATES, experienced a different path to inclusive institutions than the one taken by England. The same revolutions that shook England… — Daron Acemoğlu Copy Share Image
“These are all good things, I said. But no one knows where your country is or who you are. You don't have a familiar… — Gary Shteyngart Copy Share Image
“Thinking about the weather was one way of shutting out of his mind the appalling bloody human mess sprawled out over the bed of… — Mark Ellis 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
“ “In the South, football is confused with religion, chivalry, the Civil War, and women.” -Diane Roberts, The Quotable South ” — Deborah Ford 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
You must study to be frank with the world: frankness is the child of honesty and courage. Say just what you mean to do… — Robert E. Lee Copy Share Image
“Civil wars...are the best wars for the writer...because they have a way of continuing long afterwl wars between nations are resolved; because, with the… — Ralph Ellison Copy Share Image
I am out of money,we are all out of money,but we dont need money down here- Dont need anything but Men , Muskets, Ammunition,… — James A. Connolly Copy Share Image
