Cake Quote by Knute Nelson

You say that your hope is in God, and he will, I am sure, stand by you. But you must not forget that you…

— Knute Nelson

Vicksburg lies on top of a bluff on the east side of a large tongue of land jutting out into the Mississippi.

— Knute Nelson

I would prefer being in a hard battle; however, I will be satisfied with whatever happens to me in this war, if only the…

— Knute Nelson

Providence has given the United States the duty of extending Christian civilization. We come as ministering angels, not despots.

— Knute Nelson

The scene was not a happy one yet we looked upon it in the cold stoical spirit of a soldier; a slight chilling pang…

— Knute Nelson

I know that money speaks more loudly than need.

— Knute Nelson

You must not forget that you have been given worldly means to use and employ against human arrogance and wrong.

— Knute Nelson

What is best and most necessary usually happens.

— Knute Nelson

It is with this as with religion: one usually believes what he has been taught.

— Knute Nelson

Man is remembered by his deeds.

— Knute Nelson

Gen. Banks has issued an order for the instruction of Negro children. Schoolhouses are to be built or rented and Teachers hired for this…

— Knute Nelson

We set the town on fire and burned down every house as a warning to other small towns along the river.

— Knute Nelson