"I am not an enemy of the Negro.……" — Nathan Bedford Forrest
"I am not an enemy of the Negro. We want him here among us; he is the only laboring class we have."
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Nathan Bedford Forrest
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20 Quotes by Nathan Bedford Forrest
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I have stood your meanness as long as I intend to. You have played the part of a damn scoundrel,…
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War means fighting, and fighting means killing.
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Get there first with the most.
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Nobody kills me and lives to tell about it.
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We have but one flag, one country; let us stand together. We may differ in color, but not in sentiment.
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I am not here to pass civilities or compliments with you, but on other business. I have stood your meanness…
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I done told you twice already goddammit no!
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If you surrender you shall be treated as prisoners of war, but if I haveto storm your works you may…
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I went into the army worth a million and a half dollars, and came out a beggar.
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We are born on the same soil, breathe the same air, live on the same land, and why should we…
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I did not come here for the purpose of surrendering my command.
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Abolish the Loyal League and the Ku Klux Klan; let us come together and stand together.
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