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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.

Abolish the Loyal League and the Ku Klux Klan; let us come together and stand together.



We have but one flag, one country; let us stand together. We may differ in color, but not in sentiment.

We have but one flag, one country; let us stand together. We may differ in color, but not in sentiment.



We are born on the same soil, breathe the same air, live on the same land, and why should we not be brothers and sisters?

We are born on the same soil, breathe the same air, live on the same land, and why should we not be brothers and sisters?



I have stood your meanness as long as I intend to. You have played the part of a damn scoundrel, and if you were any part of a man I would slap your jaws and force you to resent it.

I have stood your meanness as long as I intend to. You have played the part of a damn scoundrel, and if you were any part of a man I would slap your jaws and force you to resent it.



Nobody kills me and lives to tell about it.

Nobody kills me and lives to tell about it.



I will be in my coffin before I will fight again under your command.

I will be in my coffin before I will fight again under your command.



If one road led to hell and the other to Mexico, I would be indifferent which to take.

If one road led to hell and the other to Mexico, I would be indifferent which to take.



If you surrender you shall be treated as prisoners of war, but if I haveto storm your works you may expect no quarter.

If you surrender you shall be treated as prisoners of war, but if I haveto storm your works you may expect no quarter.



I done told you twice already goddammit no!

I done told you twice already goddammit no!



War means fighting, and fighting means killing.

War means fighting, and fighting means killing.





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