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• I propose to fight it out on this line, if it takes all summer.
  -- Ulysses S....
• The Southern rebellion was largely the outgrowth of the Mexican war.
  Nations, like individuals, are punished for their transgressions....
• I never was an Abolitionist, not even what could be called anti slavery
  but I try to judge farely & honestly and it become patent to my mind early in the rebellion that the North & South could never live at peace with each other except as one nation, and that without Slavery....
• Generally the officers of the army were indifferent whether the annexation [of Texas] was consummated or no
  but not so all of them. For myself, I was bitterly opposed to the measure, and to this day regard the war, which resulted, as one of the most unjust ever waged by a stronger against a weaker nation....
• Locutus: "There is no need for apprehension. I intend no harm.
  ..no harm. I will continue aboard this ship to speak for the Borg while they continue, without further diversion, to Sector 001, where they will force your unconditional surrender....
• Surrender now - before I have to offer you better terms.
• You don't have to be jealous of the girl who works on your Bicycle.
  -- Reasons why a bicycle is better than a man number 16...
• To us, it might look like just a rag. But to the brave, embattled men of the fort, it was more than that.
  It was a flag of surrender. And after that, it was torn up and used for shoe-shine rags, so the men would look nice for the surrender....
• I see an article in the paper that says 25 percent of all men propose to their wives in an automobile.
  That's like I say--more accidents happen in a car than any other way....