"We have but one flag, one country; let……" — Nathan Bedford Forrest
"We have but one flag, one country; let us stand together. We may differ in color, but not in sentiment. Many things have been said about me which are wrong, and which white and black persons here, who stood by me through the war, can contradict."
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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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