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Nathan Bedford Forrest Quotes: I went into the army worth a million and a half dollars, and came out a beggar.
         

I went into the army worth a million and a half dollars, and came out a beggar.


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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.

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Nobody kills me and lives to tell about it.

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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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